1Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
5Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
7Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
8Connecting Health Innovations, LLC, Columbia, SC.
Address correspondence to: Gity Sotoudeh, PhD, Department of Community Nutrition School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Hojatdost Street, Naderi Street, Keshavarz Blv., 1417653761, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]; Fereydoun Siassi, PhD, Department of Community Nutrition School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]; Mostafa Qorbani, PhD, Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
Received 31 August, 2019
Revised 18 November, 2019
Accepted 18 November, 2019
Funding/support: This research has been supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Grant No. 32419-161-02-95).
Financial disclosure/conflicts of interest: J.R.H. owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI), a company that has licensed the right to his invention of the DII from the University of South Carolina in order to develop computer and smart phone applications for patient counseling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. N.S. is an employee of CHI. The other authors have nothing to disclose.
