The Landscape of Mobile Apps for Healthy Eating: Case Study for a Systematic Review and Quality Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile apps are being increasingly used to foster healthy lifestyles. There is a growing need for clear, standardized guidelines to help users select safe and effective health apps.

Objective

Our study aimed to highlight the importance of establishing a structured framework for quality evaluation in mobile health (mHealth) through a case study of mobile apps promoting healthy eating.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of apps promoting healthy eating that had already been evaluated by one or more of 28 recognized health app certification bodies. Three rounds of app evaluations were conducted by experts in nutrition and behavior change. The first two rounds focused on the quality of the content of the recommendations and were performed pairwise using t

SUBMITTER: Zamora Zamorano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12905560 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature