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Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the last decade, we have seen a substantial increase in the development and use of mobile technology to improve diet and healthy eating behaviors. Objective: To describe the characteristics of nutrition and diet apps before and after the COVID-19 pandemic available in Brazil. Methods: Nutrition a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10459095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630796 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163606 |
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author | Batista, Sueny Andrade Cupertino, Alessandra Fabrino Bretas Cupertino, Ana Paula Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção Pimentel, Juliana Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco Ginani, Verônica Cortez |
author_facet | Batista, Sueny Andrade Cupertino, Alessandra Fabrino Bretas Cupertino, Ana Paula Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção Pimentel, Juliana Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco Ginani, Verônica Cortez |
author_sort | Batista, Sueny Andrade |
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description | In the last decade, we have seen a substantial increase in the development and use of mobile technology to improve diet and healthy eating behaviors. Objective: To describe the characteristics of nutrition and diet apps before and after the COVID-19 pandemic available in Brazil. Methods: Nutrition and diet apps were identified using the official Apple and Google stores. The search occurred in January 2020 and May 2022 in Brazil. We extracted the nutritional content and standard indicators (e.g., being developed before or after 2020, number of languages, target population, investment, prices, seller, number of reviews and downloads, consumer rating). Results: 280 apps were launched before and 411 during the COVID-19 period. Most apps were available in at least ten languages (96.6%), with no indication of age (95.6%) or partial or full cost (59%). As for the contents, 18.9% addressed personal diet suggestions; 73.4%, nutritional education; 48.8%, revenues; 35.9%, physical activity with a nutritional guide; 2.3%, nutritional recommendation for eating out; 23.9%, grocery shopping with a scan code; 32.4%, food diary; 18.9%, water intake; and 4.6%, nutrition/diseases. The data show an evolution that may have been boosted by the pandemic and that reveals a trend towards the development of apps with educational content. Conclusion: During the pandemic, there was a positive qualitative and quantitative movement in e-health regarding the promotion of education. |
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spelling | pubmed-104590952023-08-27 Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic Batista, Sueny Andrade Cupertino, Alessandra Fabrino Bretas Cupertino, Ana Paula Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção Pimentel, Juliana Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco Ginani, Verônica Cortez Nutrients Article In the last decade, we have seen a substantial increase in the development and use of mobile technology to improve diet and healthy eating behaviors. Objective: To describe the characteristics of nutrition and diet apps before and after the COVID-19 pandemic available in Brazil. Methods: Nutrition and diet apps were identified using the official Apple and Google stores. The search occurred in January 2020 and May 2022 in Brazil. We extracted the nutritional content and standard indicators (e.g., being developed before or after 2020, number of languages, target population, investment, prices, seller, number of reviews and downloads, consumer rating). Results: 280 apps were launched before and 411 during the COVID-19 period. Most apps were available in at least ten languages (96.6%), with no indication of age (95.6%) or partial or full cost (59%). As for the contents, 18.9% addressed personal diet suggestions; 73.4%, nutritional education; 48.8%, revenues; 35.9%, physical activity with a nutritional guide; 2.3%, nutritional recommendation for eating out; 23.9%, grocery shopping with a scan code; 32.4%, food diary; 18.9%, water intake; and 4.6%, nutrition/diseases. The data show an evolution that may have been boosted by the pandemic and that reveals a trend towards the development of apps with educational content. Conclusion: During the pandemic, there was a positive qualitative and quantitative movement in e-health regarding the promotion of education. MDPI 2023-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10459095/ /pubmed/37630796 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163606 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Batista, Sueny Andrade Cupertino, Alessandra Fabrino Bretas Cupertino, Ana Paula Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção Pimentel, Juliana Cartujano-Barrera, Francisco Ginani, Verônica Cortez Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Nutrition and Diet Apps: Brazilian Panorama before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | nutrition and diet apps: brazilian panorama before and during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10459095/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630796 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15163606 |
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