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

Table 1

Message categories sent to participants.

Category	Subcategory	Number of participants marking category	Total messages created	Messages sent	% sent
Goals	Local foods	74	100	28	28.0%
	Seasonal produce	73	77	26	33.8%
	Processed food	69	102	37	36.3%
	Losing weight	60	74	35	47.3%
	Portion sizes	59	26	12	46.2%
	Sugar	40	19	6	31.6%
	Variety of foods	25	130	36	27.7%
	Fish	21	18	12	66.7%
	Salt	18	27	10	37.0%
	Vegetables	17	92	19	20.7%
	Fat	11	41	20	48.8%
	Fibre	10	49	25	51.0%
	Protein	8	22	6	27.3%
	Red meat	6	18	15	83.3%
	Fruits	4	60	17	28.3%
	Whole grains	4	23	13	56.5%
	Poultry	3	18	11	61.1%
	Nut-free	3	4	1	25.0%
	Gaining weight	3	3	1	33.3%
	Save money	2	22	7	31.8%
	Milk alt.	1	13	2	15.4%
	Milk and dairy	0	45	6	13.3%
Medical concerns	High blood pressure	1	94	49	52.1%
	High cholesterol	1	70	42	60.0%
	Heart disease	0	81	47	58.0%
	Diabetes	0	71	41	57.7%
	Osteoporosis	0	45	6	13.3%
	Lactose-free osteo	0	2	0	0.0%
Specialty foods	Organic foods	13	10	6	60.0%
	Vegetarian	10	85	34	40.0%
	Gluten-free	4	38	20	52.6%
	Vegan	1	34	12	35.3%
	Wheat-free	1	18	8	44.4%
	Lactose-free	0	22	9	40.9%
	Soy-free	0	11	4	36.4%
Other	Liver healthy	1
	Special vendors/treats		37	5	13.5%