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Potential Use of Mobile Phone Applications for Self-Monitoring and Increasing Daily Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: A Systematized Review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Empowering Health Through Digital Lifelong Prevention: An Umbrella Review of Apps and Wearables for Nutritional Management.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of mobile app-based interventions in facilitating behaviour change towards healthier and more sustainable diets: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Changing parental feeding practices through web-based interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Cranberry for Bacteriuria in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2020Pooled it
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- An Interactive Mobile Phone App (SMART 5-A-DAY) for Increasing Knowledge of and Adherence to Fruit and Vegetable Recommendations: Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- PICO-based assessment and categorization of evidence for digital health interventions: an inductive framework development.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- The Effect of a Mobile Health Dietary Education Intervention on Ultra-processed Food Consumption in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Assessment of Compliance and Validity of Digital Application-based Diet Diary with Suggestive Local Food Habits for Prevention of Dental Caries in Children.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
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- Relationship Between Individual Health Beliefs and Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity Among Cancer Survivors: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey.Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology · 2022Article
- Design and evaluation of a mobile-based nutrition education application for infertile women in Iran.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Review
- Validating Accuracy of a Mobile Application against Food Frequency Questionnaire on Key Nutrients with Modern Diets for mHealth Era.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A Primer for the Evaluation and Integration of Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Digital Measurement Tools into Nutrition and Dietetics Practice.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Article
- eHealth Practices in Cancer Survivors With BMI in Overweight or Obese Categories: Latent Class Analysis Study.JMIR cancer · 2020Article
- Digital Support for Healthier Eating Habits Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial Within Primary Care (HAPPY Trial).JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- The "Virtual Digital Twins" Concept in Precision Nutrition.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Article
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- What drives the use of wearable healthcare devices? A cross-country comparison between the US and Korea.Digital healthArticle
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
A wide range of chronic diseases could be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices, such as consuming five portions of fruits and vegetables daily, although the majority of the adult population does not meet this recommendation. The use of mobile phone applications for health purposes has greatly increased; these applications guide users in real time through various phases of behavioural change. This review aimed to assess the potential of self-monitoring mobile phone health (mHealth) applications to increase fruit and vegetable intake. PubMed and Web of Science were used to conduct this systematized review, and the inclusion criteria were: randomized controlled trials evaluating mobile phone applications focused on increasing fruit and/or vegetable intake as a primary or secondary outcome performed from 2008 to 2018. Eight studies were included in the final assessment. The interventions described in six of these studies were effective in increasing fruit and/or vegetable intake. Targeting stratified populations and using long-lasting interventions were identified as key aspects that could influence the effectiveness of these interventions. In conclusion, evidence shows the effectiveness of mHealth application interventions to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Further research is needed to design effective interventions and to determine their efficacy over the long term.
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