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The design, implementation and evaluation of a mobile app for supporting older adults in the monitoring of food intake
Older adults are required to adjust their eating habits to maintain a good health status. However, they may struggle to adopt these new practices. Given their increasing spread, smartphone-based interventions may be a good option for providing older adults an aid to keep track of their food intake. In the present work we adopted a user centered design approach to implement and evaluate a mobile app, i.e., \u2018Salus\u2019, to support older adults in the monitoring food intak