Easy Diet Diary NZ

An app for people wanting to monitor energy intake on a regular basis. This app is best used under the supervision of a dietitian or health professional.

Easy Diet Diary NZ app	By Xyris Software Australia
	Features Calorie counter. Diet tracker. Barcode scanning. Exercise tracker. Weight Chart.
Clinical review	Read a clinical review below.
Security and privacy	Does the app: Collect medical information? Yes (weight, height, date of birth, etc) Require a login? Yes - Facebook or email Have password protection? Password required for initial sign up but not when reopening app Have a privacy policy? Yes Require internet access to use? No Read more about safety and security when using apps. Brochures: Tips to improve your privacy and security [PDF, 65 KB] Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ Staying safe online(external link) Netsafe, NZ
Cost	Free
How to get the app	(external link) (external link)

Easy Diet Diary is an app that records food consumed by the user and links to food composition software. The primary aim of the app is to monitor energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates and a limited number of micronutrients. Additional features of the app allow weight, exercise monitoring and an option of turning on renal nutrients, which estimates sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorous intake.

This app is best used under the supervision of a dietitian or health professional with access to FoodWorks software (Xyris Ltd). If used in isolation it still has benefit for a knowledgeable consumer with an understanding of appropriate energy requirements and exercise.

For the complete app description, go to the Google Play store(external link) or App store(external link) or for a more detailed review, see reviews below.

PROS	CONS
✔ Freely available. ✔ Generally easy to use. ✔ Ability to share data with a health professional or dietitian. ✔ Barcode or database search for food entry.	✘ Australian food composition database. ✘ Data entry becomes monotonous in time. ✘ Data entry is time consuming.

Clinical review

Reviewer: Frances Arenhold, Registered Dietitian
Date of review: September 2022
Version: 6.0.28
Platform: Android
Comment: This app is most useful for people wanting to monitor energy and/or macronutrient (carbohydrate, protein, fat) intake on a regular basis. The app also may be useful for those wanting to monitor their sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorous or fibre intake. Easy Diet Diary NZ is best used under the supervision of a dietitian or health professional with access to FoodWorks software (Xyris Ltd) so an in-depth food composition analysis could be run. If used in isolation it still has benefit for a knowledgeable consumer with an understanding of appropriate energy requirements and exercise.
Safety concerns: The ability of this app to monitor renal nutrients is limited by FoodWorks being a sample of Australian foods. Clients with renal disease should consult a renal dietitian before using this app for monitoring.
New Zealand relevance: Although the app is titled Easy Diet Diary NZ, the food composition database that the app links to is Australian. FoodWorks is an Australian database of food products so some variations in food composition is likely but a reasonable representative of energy and nutrient consumption.

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