Issue # 7 of Nu Connexions Nutrition Software News and Reviews
An occasional online newsletter - bringing you noteworthy news about food and nutrition software!
May 8, 2002

Usage Rates of Various Food and Nutrition Software for Specified Professional Uses and Functions

This article written by Steve Kinsley, RD

An online “Quick Poll” was run on this site from March 13-31, 2002.  This “Quick Poll” was publicized through various North American-based professional nutrition-related listservs, as well as an Australian professional nutrition listserv.  The purposes of the “Quick Poll” were as follows:

• Determine the extent to which food and nutrition professionals use any type of profession-related software.

• Determine reasons for not using any type of profession-related software.

• Determine frequency of usage for specified profession-related functions, and usage rate of user-specified software packages for these functions.

Click here to view a detailed summary of the results of this survey.  (You will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat viewer installed to view this file.  If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat viewer, click here to download it.)

First DataBank Announces Release of Nutritionist Pro Version 1.2

Press Release

SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 26, 2002.

First DataBank has announced the release of Nutritionist Pro Version 1.2, which incorporates new software features to facilitate and expedite nutrition analysis. According to Era Prakash, Product Manager,  the new version uses technology that "makes it much simpler to use, easier to navigate through, and more capable of meeting the needs of today's busy nutrition professionals."

Click here to read the press release in greater detail.