Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review

A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition, though literature showed that there are various factors affecting the intention to purchase and consume healthy food. Technology integration is known to be useful in various aspects, but findings from studies on the efficacy of technology in...

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Main Authors: Lim, Sook Yee, Lee, Kai Wei, Seow, Wen Li, Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
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Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96842/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96842/
https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1861
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spelling my.upm.eprints.968422022-12-01T01:53:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96842/ Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review Lim, Sook Yee Lee, Kai Wei Seow, Wen Li Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati Devaraj, Navin Kumar Amin Nordin, Syafinaz A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition, though literature showed that there are various factors affecting the intention to purchase and consume healthy food. Technology integration is known to be useful in various aspects, but findings from studies on the efficacy of technology integration to improve healthy food consumption and purchase have largely been inconsistent. Therefore, we aimed to examine the efficacy of interventions that use technology apps to improve healthy food purchasing and consumption in adults. Relevant studies were identified through PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, SportDiscuss and ACM Digital Library. Twenty studies were included in the systematic review. The majority of studies (n = 18) used a smartphone in the intervention, and only two studies used a personal digital assistant. The results showed that technology integration-based intervention favoured healthy changes in household food purchases, and increased consumption of healthy food and healthy eating outcomes – albeit to different extents. Overall, technology apps are convenient and user-friendly tools to encourage a change in healthy food purchase and consumption among people. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96842/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Lim, Sook Yee and Lee, Kai Wei and Seow, Wen Li and Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati and Devaraj, Navin Kumar and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz (2021) Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review. Foods, 10 (8). pp. 1-20. ISSN 2304-8158 https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/8/1861 10.3390/foods10081861
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description A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition, though literature showed that there are various factors affecting the intention to purchase and consume healthy food. Technology integration is known to be useful in various aspects, but findings from studies on the efficacy of technology integration to improve healthy food consumption and purchase have largely been inconsistent. Therefore, we aimed to examine the efficacy of interventions that use technology apps to improve healthy food purchasing and consumption in adults. Relevant studies were identified through PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, SportDiscuss and ACM Digital Library. Twenty studies were included in the systematic review. The majority of studies (n = 18) used a smartphone in the intervention, and only two studies used a personal digital assistant. The results showed that technology integration-based intervention favoured healthy changes in household food purchases, and increased consumption of healthy food and healthy eating outcomes – albeit to different extents. Overall, technology apps are convenient and user-friendly tools to encourage a change in healthy food purchase and consumption among people.
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author Lim, Sook Yee
Lee, Kai Wei
Seow, Wen Li
Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati
Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
spellingShingle Lim, Sook Yee
Lee, Kai Wei
Seow, Wen Li
Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati
Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
author_facet Lim, Sook Yee
Lee, Kai Wei
Seow, Wen Li
Mohamed @ Abd Aziz, Nurul Azmawati
Devaraj, Navin Kumar
Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
author_sort Lim, Sook Yee
title Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
title_short Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
title_full Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
title_fullStr Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
title_sort effectiveness of integrated technology apps for supporting healthy food purchasing and consumption: a systematic review
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96842/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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