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App-based mobile interventions significantly improve nutrition behaviors and nutrition-related health outcomes, including obesity indices, blood pressure, and blood lipids, with small-to-medium effect sizes.
Use a mobile app that tracks your food and provides feedback. Look for apps that use behavior change techniques like setting goals and providing social support. This approach has been shown to improve your diet and health markers like blood pressure and weight, even if the changes are gradual.
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A beneficial effect of app-based mobile interventions was identified for improving nutrition behaviours (g = 0.19; CI, 0.06‐0.32, P = .004) and nutrition‐related health outcomes (g = 0.23; CI, 0.11‐0.36, P < .001), including positive effects on obesity indices (g = 0.30; CI, 0.15‐0.45, P < .001), blood pressure (g = 0.21; CI, 0.01‐0.42, P = .043), and blood lipids (g = 0.15; CI, 0.03‐0.28, P = .018).
Why this rating
Systematic review and meta-analysis of 41 studies (6348 participants) including 27 RCTs.
Source
The effectiveness of app‐based mobile interventions on nutrition behaviours and nutrition‐related health outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Karoline Villinger et al. · Obesity Reviews · 2019
Meta-analysis · 41 studiesCited 314×
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