Get food logs: Nutrition values units?

[mchutani]

Hi,

The nutrition values in the get-food-log API has some decimal values. How do I know the units for each of the keys. URL :https://dev.fitbit.com/docs/food-logging/#get-food-logs.

Example:carbs, protein etc. I need to know the units of these keys.

Can anybody help here?

{
    "foods":[
        {
            "isFavorite":true,
            "logDate":"2011-06-29",
            "logId":1820,
            "loggedFood":{
                "accessLevel":"PUBLIC",
                "amount":132.57,
                "brand":"",
                "calories":752,
                "foodId":18828,
                "mealTypeId":4,
                "locale":"en_US",
                "name":"Chocolate, Milk",
                "unit":{
                    "id":147,
                    "name":"gram",
                    "plural":"grams"
                },
                "units":[226,180,147,389]
            },
            "nutritionalValues":{
                "calories":752,
                "carbs":66.5,
                "fat":49,
                "fiber":0.5,
                "protein":12.5,
                "sodium":186
            }
        }
    ],
    "summary":{
        "calories":752,
        "carbs":66.5,
        "fat":49,
        "fiber":0.5,
        "protein":12.5,
        "sodium":186,
        "water":0
    },
    "goals":{
        "calories": 2286
    }
}

[AndrewFitbit]

@mchutani By default, here's what the units are:

Grams: carbs, fat, fiber, protein

Milligrams: sodium

Milliliters: water

If you set Accept-Language to "en_US", then water will be in ounces.

[mchutani]

Thanks @AndrewFitbit. Could you please point me to the url where I can find this information?

[AndrewFitbit]

@mchutani You can find documentation for units here, however, grams/milligrams are not documented. Units for food will always be returned in grams (milligrams for sodium), which is how it will appear on the food log of the Fitbit.com dashboard.