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Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (418) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (487) mHealth for Data Collection and Research (1196) Parent and Child Education on Healthy Eating and Nutrition (214) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1188) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3314) mHealth for Patient Education (292)

Published on in Vol 10, No 2 (2022): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/31537, first published .
The Content, Quality, and Behavior Change Techniques in Nutrition-Themed Mobile Apps for Children in Canada: App Review and Evaluation Study

The Content, Quality, and Behavior Change Techniques in Nutrition-Themed Mobile Apps for Children in Canada: App Review and Evaluation Study

The Content, Quality, and Behavior Change Techniques in Nutrition-Themed Mobile Apps for Children in Canada: App Review and Evaluation Study

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Jacqueline Marie Brown1 Author Orcid Image ;   Beatriz Franco-Arellano1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hannah Froome1 Author Orcid Image ;   Amina Siddiqi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Amina Mahmood1 Author Orcid Image ;   JoAnne Arcand1 Author Orcid Image
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