Trial reportPublic health nutrition2019
Mobile app increases vegetable-based preparations by low-income household cooks: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Mobile- and Web-Based Interventions for Promoting Healthy Diets, Preventing Obesity, and Improving Health Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Engagement With and Acceptability of Digital Media Platforms for Use in Improving Health Behaviors Among Vulnerable Families: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Mobile Apps for Health Behavior Change in Physical Activity, Diet, Drug and Alcohol Use, and Mental Health: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Bridging the gap: technology-driven solutions to overcome food insecurity and improve nutrition access for older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Leveraging Technology to Engage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Consumers With Children at Farmers Markets: Qualitative Community-Engaged Approach to App Development.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Caregiver inclusion influence on adolescent acceptance and engagement of an mHealth app, a randomized controlled trial.mHealth · 2025Article
- Features of interactive recipes that support college students' self-efficacy in preparing produce.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- E-health Dietary Interventions for Participants of SNAP and WIC: A Systematic Review.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Review
- Guide Development for eHealth Interventions Targeting People With a Low Socioeconomic Position: Participatory Design Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of mobile health interventions targeting parents to prevent and treat childhood Obesity: Systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- The Barriers and Facilitators of eHealth-Based Lifestyle Intervention Programs for People With a Low Socioeconomic Status: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Moving Food Assistance into the Digital Age: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Frequency of Meals Prepared Away from Home and Nutrient Intakes among US Adolescents (NHANES 2011-2018).Nutrients · 2021Article
- "Food is something everyone should participate in": A positive deviance approach to understanding the use of a food and nutrition app in low-income, Latino homes.SAGE open medicine · 2020Article
- Cooking Matters Mobile Application: a meal planning and preparation tool for low-income parents.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Digital Communication Strategies for Culinary Medicine in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship: Information-Seeking Habits and Content Preferences of Online Cooking Media Among Adults Participating in Four Cancer Prevention and Control Cohort Studies.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveWe built an app to help clients of food pantries. The app offers vegetable-based recipes, food tips and no-cost strategies for making mealtimes healthier and for bargain-conscious grocery shopping, among other themes. Users customize materials to meet their own preferences. The app, available in English and Spanish, has been tested in a randomized field trial.
designA randomized controlled trial with repeated measures across 10 weeks.
settingClients of fifteen community food pantry distributions in Los Angeles County, USA.ParticipantsDistributions were randomized to control and experimental conditions, and 289 household cooks and one of their 9-14-year-old children were enrolled as participants. Experimental dyads were given a smartphone with our app and a phone use-plan, then trained to use the app. 'Test vegetables' were added to the foods that both control and experimental participants received at their pantries.
resultsAfter 3-4 weeks of additional 'test vegetables', cooks at experimental pantries had made 38 % more preparations with these items than control cooks (P = 0·03). Ten weeks following baseline, experimental pantries also scored greater gains in using a wider assortment of vegetables than control pantries (P = 0·003). Use of the app increased between mid-experiment and final measurement (P = 0·0001).
conclusionsThe app appears to encourage household cooks to try new preparation methods and widen their incorporation of vegetables into family diets. Further research is needed to identify specific app features that contributed most to outcomes and to test ways in which to disseminate the app widely.
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