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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/58124, first published .
Acceptability of a Web-Based Health App (PortfolioDiet.app) to Translate a Nutrition Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease in High-Risk Adults: Mixed Methods Randomized Ancillary Pilot Study

Acceptability of a Web-Based Health App (PortfolioDiet.app) to Translate a Nutrition Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease in High-Risk Adults: Mixed Methods Randomized Ancillary Pilot Study

Acceptability of a Web-Based Health App (PortfolioDiet.app) to Translate a Nutrition Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease in High-Risk Adults: Mixed Methods Randomized Ancillary Pilot Study

Meaghan E Kavanagh   1, 2 , MSc, PhD ;   Laura Chiavaroli   1, 2, 3 , MSc, PhD ;   Selina M Quibrantar   1 , MSc ;   Gabrielle Viscardi   1 , BSc (Hons), RD ;   Kimberly Ramboanga   2 , BASc ;   Natalie Amlin   2 , BSc, RD ;   Melanie Paquette   1, 2 , RD, MSc ;   Sandhya Sahye-Pudaruth   1, 2 , RD, MSc ;   Darshna Patel   1, 2 , BA ;   Shannan M Grant   4, 5 , PDt, RD, MSc, PhD ;   Andrea J Glenn   6, 7 , RD, PhD ;   Sabrina Ayoub-Charette   1, 2 , BSc ;   Andreea Zurbau   1, 2 , RD, PhD ;   Robert G Josse   8 , MD ;   Vasanti S Malik   1, 7 , PhD ;   Cyril W C Kendall   1, 2 , PhD ;   David J A Jenkins   1, 2, 3, 8, 9 , MD, PhD ;   John L Sievenpiper   1, 2, 3, 8, 9 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4 Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faulty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

6 Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, New York, NY, United States

7 Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

8 Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • John L Sievenpiper, MD, PhD
  • Department of Nutritional Sciences
  • Temerty Faculty of Medicine
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