Nutrition-Related Mobile Apps in the French App Stores: Assessment of Functionality and Quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global burden of disease attributes 20% of deaths to poor nutrition. Although hundreds of nutrition-related mobile apps have been created, and these have been downloaded by millions of users, the effectiveness of these technologies on the adoption of healthy eating has had mixed.

Objective

The aim of this study was to review which nutrition-related mobile apps are currently available on the French market and assess their quality.

Methods

We screened apps on the Google Play Store and the French Apple App Store, from March 10 to 17, 2021, to identify those related to nutritional health. A shortlist of 15 apps was identified, and each was assessed using the French version of the Mobile App Rating Scale: 8 dietitians and nutritionists assessed 7 apps, and t

SUBMITTER: Martinon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961341 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature