The Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application on Modifying the Intakes of Macro and Micronutrients in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The EVIDENT II Study

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 1473
• Main Authors: Recio-Rodriguez, Jose I., Agudo Conde, Cristina, Calvo-Aponte, Maria J., Gonzalez-Viejo, Natividad, Fernandez-Alonso, Carmen, Mendizabal-Gallastegui, Nere, Rodriguez-Martin, Beatriz, Maderuelo-Fernandez, Jose A., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Emiliano, Gomez-Marcos, Manuel A., Garcia-Ortiz, Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 10.10.2018
• Subjects: carbohydrates; counseling; Counseling - methods; Diet - methods; Diet Records; Dietary Carbohydrates - analysis; Dietary Fats - analysis; Dietary Proteins - analysis; Energy Intake; Exercise; Female; food frequency questionnaires; healthy diet; Humans; Male; Micronutrients - analysis; Middle Aged; Mobile Applications; mobile telephones; nutrient content; Nutrients - analysis; physical activity; Primary Health Care - methods; randomized clinical trials; saturated fats; Smartphone; Surveys and Questionnaires; dietary carbohydrates; smartphone applications; diet; diet records; general population; dietary fats

Background: This study evaluates the effectiveness of adding a diet smartphone application to standard counseling to modify dietary composition over the long term (12 months). Methods: A randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trial was conducted involving the participation of 833 subjects from...