Institute scientist receives grant for health app development
Published 5:53 pm Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Author Annie Linn.
The Minnesota State Fair has plenty to see, eat, and do — and if you go this year, you’ll have the chance to contribute to scientific research that’s ongoing at The Hormel Institute thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC) that has been awarded to Annie Lin, PhD, assistant professor at the Institute, University of Minnesota.
The grant will support the development and implementation of a study that will take place in the Driven to Discover (D2D) building at this year’s state fair, where visitors can help guide the development of an inclusive, personalized health and nutrition app called CrunchFeed.
“There is a popular concept that weight gain is caused by more calories in than calories out. While this formula has been used by many commercial mobile health apps, the saying is oversimplified and ignores the essential nutrients found in food,” Lin said. “The concept also fails to consider that diet change is a personal journey. We have different biological, environmental, and cultural influences on how we access and respond to food.”
The ENACT (Electronic Nutrition Approaches for Cancer-related Topics) lab, led by Lin, is working to fill this health app gap. There will be the opportunity to take a survey on-site in the D2D building or after the fair to help the research team incorporate personal factors into the app, as well as the chance to…
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