Sources of recommendations
Forkd is a food tracking app designed to guide you toward more mindful eating habits. It offers insights into how different foods and products affect your body but is not meant for diagnosing, treating, or preventing any medical conditions, as it is not a medical device or app.
We do not provide guidance for individuals with specific dietary needs, such as food allergies, eating disorders, or diabetes, regarding any treatment. For medical advice or treatments, always consult with a healthcare professional before making health-related decisions.
The goal of the Forkd app is to educate you about the pros and cons of different products and to gently improve eating behavior through tracking habits, helping you to become more mindful of your daily meals.
Our app is based on publicly available information from sources listed below and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Calorie recommendations
The calorie recommendation is based on the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation which gives the user a BMR (Basal metabolic rate) (see calculation below). Based on the BMR, activity level and goal we recommend the user a daily calorie intake amount.
Females: (10 × weight in kg) + (6.25 × height in cm) – (5.0 × age in years) – 161
Males: (10 × weight in kg) + (6.25 × height in cm) – (5.0 × age in years) + 5
BMI (Body Mass Index):
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate):
Macronutrients
Macronutrient recommendations are based on established dietary guidelines for protein, carbohydrates, and fat intake relative to total caloric needs.
- Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2005.
- Phillips SM, Van Loon LJ. Dietary protein for athletes: From requirements to optimum adaptation. J Sports Sci. 2011;29 Suppl 1:S29-38.
- The Nutrition Source – Carbohydrates. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- The Nutrition Source – Fats and Cholesterol. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Venn, B. J. (2020). Macronutrients and Human Health for the 21st Century. Nutrients.
- Senior, A. M., et al. (2020). Global associations between macronutrient supply and age-specific mortality. PNAS.
- Sacks, F. M., et al. (2009). Comparison of Weight-Loss Diets with Different Compositions of Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrates. NEJM.
Nutrition Scores
Forkd's nutrition scoring system evaluates the overall nutritional quality of meals based on their macro and micronutrient composition.
- Nutri-Score – Santé publique France
- Chantal Julia, Pilar Etile, Mathilde Touvier. Front-of-pack Nutri-Score labelling in France: an evidence-based policy. The Lancet Public Health. 2018;3(4):e164.
- Kim, S., et al. (2003). The Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) Provides an Effective Tool for Cross-National Diet Quality Comparison. The Journal of Nutrition.
- Schwingshackl, L., & Hoffmann, G. (2015). Diet quality as assessed by the Healthy Eating Index, the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension score, and health outcomes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Deschasaux-Tanguy, M., et al. (2024). Nutritional quality of diet characterized by the Nutri-Score profiling system and cardiovascular disease risk. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe.
Intermittent Fasting
- de Cabo R, Mattson MP. Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(26):2541-2551.
- Collier R. Intermittent fasting: the science of going without. CMAJ. 2013;185(9):E363-E364.
- Sun, M. L., et al. (2024). Intermittent fasting and health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. eClinicalMedicine.
- Mishra, S., et al. (2023). Time-Restricted Eating and Its Metabolic Benefits. Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Water intake
Micronutrients
Folate (Folic Acid)
Sodium
Food database
Questions about our sources? vineetforkd@proton.me