We are excit­ed to announce the pub­li­ca­tion of our lat­est research paper, “Finn­Food­Pics: A Data­base of Finnish Snack Foods for Inves­ti­gat­ing Mod­ern Eat­ing Behav­iors,” now avail­able in the jour­nal Food Qual­i­ty and Pref­er­ences. This open-access data­base is designed to sup­port local researchers in study­ing con­tem­po­rary eat­ing habits with a focus on Finnish dietary preferences.

Key High­lights of FinnFoodPics:

• Tai­lored to Finnish Dietary Pref­er­ences: Finn­Food­Pics is a mod­ern, stan­dard­ized, and val­i­dat­ed food pic­ture set specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to Finnish dietary pref­er­ences, pro­vid­ing researchers with cul­tur­al­ly rel­e­vant tools for their studies.

• Dis­so­ci­at­ing Macronu­tri­ent Effects: The data­base allows researchers to dis­so­ci­ate macronu­tri­ent effects, offer­ing a nuanced approach to under­stand­ing how dif­fer­ent food com­po­nents influ­ence eat­ing behaviors.

• Mod­el for Region-Spe­cif­ic Tools: As a set tai­lored to a Nordic diet, Finn­Food­Pics serves as a mod­el for cre­at­ing region-spe­cif­ic tools, enhanc­ing the poten­tial for cross-cul­tur­al food research and fos­ter­ing greater under­stand­ing of glob­al dietary patterns.

This com­pre­hen­sive data­base includes 72 snack food images pre­sent­ed in 10 por­tion sizes, mak­ing it an invalu­able resource for inves­ti­gat­ing mod­ern eat­ing behav­iors in Fin­land and beyond.

We extend our deep­est grat­i­tude to all co-authors from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, the Uni­ver­si­ty of East­ern Fin­land, the Finnish Insti­tute of Health and Wel­fare, and the Depart­ment of Food and Nutri­tion at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Helsin­ki for their col­lab­o­ra­tive efforts and con­tri­bu­tions to this project.

To access the full paper and explore Finn­Food­Pics, please vis­it Food Qual­i­ty and Pref­er­ences.
You can down­load the data­base files direct­ly here.

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