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Jul 2026
Vision-Language Models for Image-Based Dietary Assessment: A Benchmark of Accuracy, Cost, and Prompt Strategies Across Ten Models
Current VLMs can perform automated dietary assessment with reasonable accuracy from single overhead photographs and highlight remaining challenges in calorie estimation and component detection for complex, multi-item meals.
Sam Sterling, Lauren T. Berube, Andrea J. Glenn et al.
· bioRxiv · 1 citation