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Participants showed significant improvements in diet score (DS) from a mean of 1.31 at baseline to a mean of 2.36 at week 5 (P=.008).
Practitioners can consider using diet quality tracking apps to improve dietary choices in at-risk populations.
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Most participants (30/38, 79%) used the app every week and showed significant improvements in DS (baseline: mean 1.31, SD 1.14; week 5: mean 2.36, SD 2.48; 2-tailed t test t29=−2.85; P=.008).
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Based on the study design involving participant tracking and statistical analysis.
Source
Improving Heart Disease Risk Through Quality-Focused Diet Logging: Pre-Post Study of a Diet Quality Tracking App (Preprint)
Bum Chul Kwon et al. · 2020
DOI 10.2196/preprints.21733
other · n=38
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