Improving Heart Disease Risk Through Quality-Focused Diet Logging: Pre-Post Study of a Diet Quality Tracking App.
Bum Chul KwonCourtland VanDamStephanie E ChiuveHyung Wook ChoiPaul EntlerPang-Ning TanJina Huh-YooPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)
Our study showed that our logging tool significantly improved dietary choices. Participants were not interested in seeing the HHS and perceived logging diet categories irrelevant to improving the HHS as important. We discuss the complexities of addressing health risks and quantity- versus quality-based health monitoring and incorporating secondary behavior change goals that matter to users when designing mHealth apps.