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| Title |
Effect of a mobile app intervention on vegetable consumption in overweight adults: a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12966-017-0563-2 |
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| Authors |
Sarah Mummah, Thomas N. Robinson, Maya Mathur, Sarah Farzinkhou, Stephen Sutton, Christopher D. Gardner |
| Abstract |
Mobile applications (apps) have been heralded as transformative tools to deliver behavioral health interventions at scale, but few have been tested in rigorous randomized controlled trials. We tested the effect of a mobile app to increase vegetable consumption among overweight adults attempting weight loss maintenance. Overweight adults (n=135) aged 18-50 years with BMI=28-40 kg/m(2) near Stanford, CA were recruited from an ongoing 12-month weight loss trial (parent trial) and randomly assigned to either the stand-alone, theory-based Vegethon mobile app (enabling goal setting, self-monitoring, and feedback and using "process motivators" including fun, surprise, choice, control, social comparison, and competition) or a wait-listed control condition. The primary outcome was daily vegetables servings, measured by an adapted Harvard food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) 8 weeks post-randomization. Daily vegetable servings from 24-hour dietary recalls, administered by trained, certified, and blinded interviewers 5 weeks post-randomization, was included as a secondary outcome. All analyses were conducted according to principles of intention-to-treat. Daily vegetable consumption was significantly greater in the intervention versus control condition for both measures (adjusted mean difference: 2.0 servings; 95% CI: 0.1, 3.8, p=0.04 for FFQ; and 1.0 servings; 95% CI: 0.2, 1.9; p=0.02 for 24-hour recalls). Baseline vegetable consumption was a significant moderator of intervention effects (p=0.002) in which effects increased as baseline consumption increased. These results demonstrate the efficacy of a mobile app to increase vegetable consumption among overweight adults. Theory-based mobile interventions may present a low-cost, scalable, and effective approach to improving dietary behaviors and preventing associated chronic diseases. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01826591. Registered 27 March 2013. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5 | 16% |
| Ireland | 4 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 13% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 15 | 48% |
| Scientists | 11 | 35% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 396 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 396 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 63 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 51 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 12% |
| Researcher | 37 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 5% |
| Other | 56 | 14% |
| Unknown | 123 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 72 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 12% |
| Psychology | 35 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 63 | 16% |
| Unknown | 144 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 42. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 November 2023.
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