Mobile Apps for Dietary and Food Timing Assessment: Evaluation for Use in Clinical Research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade, health mobile apps have become an increasingly popular tool used by clinicians and researchers to track food consumption and exercise. However, many consumer apps lack the technological features for facilitating the capture of critical food timing details.

Objective

This study aimed to introduce users to 11 apps from US app stores that recorded both dietary intake and food timing to establish which one would be the most appropriate for clinical research.

Methods

To determine a viable app that recorded both dietary intake and food timing for use in a food timing-related clinical study, we evaluated the time stamp data, usability, privacy policies, the accuracy of nutrient estimates, and general features of 11 mobile apps for dietary ass

SUBMITTER: Gioia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337248 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature