The use of mobile applications for dietary purposes has dramatically increased along with
the consistent development of mobile technology. Assessing diet quality as a dietary pattern …

Background Smartphone apps have shown potential in enhancing weight management in
Western populations in the short to medium term. With a rapidly growing obesity burden in …

The widespread availability of cell phones has enabled non-profits to deliver critical health
information to their beneficiaries in a timely manner. This paper describes our work to assist …

Background Social networking platforms offer a wide reach for public health interventions
allowing communication with broad audiences using tools that are generally free and …

Making healthy food choices is crucial for health promotion and disease prevention. While
there are an increasing number of technology-assisted interventions to promote healthy food …

Context Prolonged high salt (sodium) intake can increase the risk of hypertension and
cardiovascular disease. Behavioral interventions may help reduce sodium intake at the …

Specific approaches are needed to reach and support people with a lower socioeconomic
position (SEP) to achieve healthier eating behaviours. There is a growing body of evidence …

Background The cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden among South Asians is high.
Lifestyle interventions have been effective in the primary prevention of CVD, but this has not …

Background Social media (SM) have become an integral part of consumers' daily life,
prompting multidisciplinary research on its link with human behaviors, including food attitude …

The success of many healthcare programs depends on participants' adherence. We
consider the problem of scheduling interventions in low resource settings (eg, placing timely …