Validation of a web-based dietary assessment program against 24-h recalls in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Background: Nutrition Data is a web-based program for nutrition analysis and registration of diet and exercise. It may aid dietary assessment and carbohydrate counting in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) but requires validation.

Objectives: To assess relative validity of Nutrition Data in measuring energy, carbohydrate and other macronutrient intake and evaluate the program's user acceptability, in adults with T1D.

Visit Experience and Fulfillment of Care Needs in Primary Care Differs for Video Visits Compared to In-person and Chat Visits.

Background: There is a lack of research comparing patient experience and to what extent patients' care needs are fulfilled in telemedicine compared to in-person care.

Objective: To investigate if patient experience and fulfillment of care needs differ between video and chat visits with direct to consumer telemedicine providers compared to in-person visits.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Effectiveness of a Smartphone App to Promote Physical Activity Among Persons With Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Physical activity is well known to have beneficial effects on glycemic control and to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease in persons with type 2 diabetes. Yet, successful implementation of lifestyle interventions targeting physical activity in primary care has shown to be difficult. Smartphone apps may provide useful tools to support physical activity.

Individual Patient Factors Associated with the Use of Physical or Digital Primary Care in Sweden.

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Nordic Nutrition Recommendations and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: a prospective cohort study.

Purpose: The Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) are developed to prevent diet-related diseases. This study aimed to examine adherence to the NNR and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke among women and men in Sweden.

Methods: We followed 34,898 adults from 1997 to 2016.

A validation study comparing energy and nutrient intake between a web-based food frequency questionnaire and a 4-d dietary record.

Objective: Reliable assessments of dietary intake is crucial when examining associations between dietary factors and different outcomes. Today, web-based instead of paper-based food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are common. A web-based FFQ implies a different experience (including design differences, the possibility only to show relevant questions, and automatic checks for completeness) and may capture dietary intake differently.

Wrist-worn accelerometers: Influence of decisions during data collection and processing: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aims: Accelerometers collect data in an objective way, however, a number of decisions must be done during data collection, processing and output-interpretation. The influence of those decisions is seldom investigated, reported, or discussed. Herein, we examined the influence of different decisions on the outcomes: daily minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), inactivity and light physical activity (LPA).

Appetite and its association with mortality in patients with advanced cancer - a Post-hoc Analysis from the Palliative D-study.

Background: Loss of appetite is a common nutrition symptom in patients with cancer. Understanding the trajectory of appetite could be of clinical use for prognostication in palliative cancer care. Our primary aim was to explore the association between self-assessed appetite and mortality in patients suffering from advanced cancer.

The effect of an app-based dietary intervention on diet-related greenhouse gas emissions - results from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Dietary change towards a diet low in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) can reduce climate impact and improve individual-level health. However, there is a lack of understanding if diet interventions can achieve low-GHGE diets.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the effects of an app-based intervention.

Effect of a Smartphone Application on Physical Activity and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery-Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: Ways to motivate and support patients in being physically active after bariatric surgery are needed. This trial was aimed at evaluating the effect of using a smartphone application targeting physical activity during 12 weeks on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA, primary outcome) and secondary outcomes of inactivity, light physical activity (LPA), body mass index (BMI), and percent total weight loss (%TWL) after bariatric surgery.

Materials And Methods: Data from a randomized controlled trial comprising 146 patients (79.

Patients' Perspectives on Dietary Patterns and Eating Behaviors During Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Purpose: Food quality, energy intake, and various eating-related problems have been highlighted as some of the components influencing weight after bariatric surgery. This study aimed to increase our knowledge of patients' perspectives on dietary patterns and eating behaviors during weight regain after bariatric surgery.

Materials And Methods: We recruited 4 men and 12 women with obesity and the experience of weight regain after bariatric surgery at an obesity clinic in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Swedish Youth with Obesity cohort: Profile of an ongoing prospective study.

Objective: As there is a lack of studies on adolescents and young adults with obesity, the Swedish Youth with Obesity cohort was set up to describe the long-term results of medical, as well as surgical, obesity interventions in youth. This article describes the study protocol.

Methods: Since 2018, the study has continuously recruited patients aged between 16 and 25 years who have been admitted for obesity treatment at a specialist obesity clinic in Stockholm, Sweden.

Prospective study of weight loss and all-cause-, cardiovascular-, and cancer mortality.

Effects of repeated weight changes on mortality are not well established. In this prospective cohort study, we followed 34,346 individuals from 1997 to 2018 for all-cause mortality, and 2016 for cause-specific mortality. At baseline, participants self-reported amount and frequency of prior weight loss.

A Digital Platform and Smartphone App to Increase Physical Activity in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Overview Of a Technical Solution.

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Dietary habits after a physical activity mHealth intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: A healthy diet and a sufficient amount of physical activity are important factors to reduce complications of type 2 diabetes. Diet and physical activity are associated behaviours. Individuals who are physically active have also been shown to have healthier eating habits than sedentary individuals.

Weight Loss History and Its Association with Self-Esteem and Eating Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults with Obesity.

Introduction: Previous weight loss attempts in young people with obesity may have influenced their beliefs about themselves and contributed to maladaptive eating behaviors. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association between previous weight loss with self-esteem and different eating behaviors in adolescents and young adults with obesity seeking specialty obesity care.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study, where a total of 224 participants with obesity, aged 16-25, self-reported the amount and the frequency of previous weight loss of 5 kg or more.

The effect of the smartphone app DiaCert on health related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: results from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of impaired quality of life. Improving health related quality of life (HRQoL) is therefore an important goal in the multimodal management of diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the use of the smartphone app DiaCert, that encourage physical activity by promoting daily steps, also impacts HRQoL in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Does eating behaviour among adolescents and young adults seeking obesity treatment differ depending on sex, body composition, and parental country of birth?

Background: Adolescents and young adults around the world experience high rates of weight gain. The underlying eating behaviours that may lead to overconsumption of energy are complex and can depend on a number of factors. The aim of this study was to explore if eating behaviour among adolescents and young adults referred to specialized obesity treatment differed depending on sex, body composition, and parental country of birth.

Women's Reasons to Seek Bariatric Surgery and Their Expectations on the Surgery Outcome - a Multicenter Study from Five European Countries.

Purpose: Understanding patients' reasons for having bariatric surgery and their expectation on surgery outcomes is important to provide the best clinical practice and reduce unrealistic expectations. It is unknown if reasons and expectations differ between countries. We aimed to investigate the reasons for seeking bariatric surgery and expectations of surgical outcomes among patients in five European countries.

A smartphone application to improve adherence to vitamin and mineral supplementation after bariatric surgery.

Objective: This trial evaluated a smartphone application's effectiveness in improving adherence to vitamin and mineral supplementation postoperatively.

Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial comprising 140 patients undergoing bariatric surgery (gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy). Participants were randomized 1:1 to the 12-week intervention, using the smartphone application PromMera, or to standard care.

Appetite in Palliative Cancer Patients and Its Association with Albumin, CRP and Quality of Life in Men and Women-Cross-Sectional Data from the Palliative D-Study.

Albumin is an important biochemical marker in palliative cancer care, used for assessment of nutritional status, disease severity and prognosis. Our primary aim was to investigate sex differences in the association between appetite and albumin levels in palliative cancer patients. We also aimed to study associations between appetite and C-reactive protein (CRP), Quality of Life (QoL), pain and fatigue.

Dietary fat intake and risk of Parkinson disease: results from the Swedish National March Cohort.

Background: Following progressive aging of the population worldwide, the prevalence of Parkinson disease is expected to increase in the next decades. Primary prevention of the disease is hampered by limited knowledge of preventable causes. Recent evidence regarding diet and Parkinson disease is inconsistent and suggests that dietary habits such as fat intake may have a role in the etiology.

Metadata Correction: Clinical Outcomes Among Working Adults Using the Health Integrator Smartphone App: Analyses of Prespecified Secondary Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Clinical Outcomes Among Working Adults Using the Health Integrator Smartphone App: Analyses of Prespecified Secondary Outcomes in a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: There is a need to find new methods that can enhance the individuals' engagement in self-care and increase compliance to a healthy lifestyle for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases and improved quality of life. Mobile health (mHealth) apps could provide large-scale, cost-efficient digital solutions to implement lifestyle change, which as a corollary may enhance quality of life.

Objective: Here we evaluate if the use of a smartphone-based self-management system, the Health Integrator app, with or without telephone counseling by a health coach, had an effect on clinical variables (secondary outcomes) of importance for noncommunicable diseases.

Association between total and leisure time physical activity and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke - a Swedish cohort study.

Background: Physical inactivity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but it is unclear if total and leisure time activity have different impact on the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. In this cohort, we aimed to investigate the associations between both total and leisure time physical activity in detail, and the risks of myocardial infarction and stroke, both overall and for men and women separately.

Methods: We assessed the association between total and leisure time physical activity on the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in a cohort of 31,580 men and women through record linkages from 1997-2016.