Kicking off a new project! 

Through a master research and development agreement, Samsung Electronics Co. and Dr. Ock K. Chun in Nutritional Sciences Department at UConn agreed on collaborating on a research project entitled, “Validation of Wearable Antioxidant Sensors and Establishment of Food-based Reference Values in the Multiracial US Adults.”

The project, named “Wearable Antioxidant Sensor Study,” aims to validate wearable carotenoid skin sensors as a non-invasive and affordable tool to self-monitor fruit and vegetable consumption and to establish demographic and food-based recommendations for US adults from various racial/ethnic groups.

The majority of US adults consume less than the amounts recommended by public health agencies. As such, development and application of accurate, inexpensive, and convenient digital tools to obtain less biased estimates of fruit and vegetable intake will help people increase their fruit and vegetable consumption status. This digital nutrition tool can be also applicable in community-based nutrition interventions.