Using a Smartphone Application to Promote Healthy Dietary Behaviours and Local Food Consumption

Gilliland, Jason; Sadler, Richard; Clark, Andrew; O’Connor, Colleen; Milczarek, Malgorzata; Doherty, Sean

doi:10.1155/2015/841368

Using a Smartphone Application to Promote Healthy Dietary Behaviours and Local Food Consumption

Smartphone “apps” are a powerful tool for public health promotion, but unidimensional interventions have been ineffective at sustaining behavioural change. Various logistical issues exist in successful app development for health intervention programs and for sustaining behavioural change. This st…