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However, there are few studies revealing if using digital technology as part of an intervention really has an impact in consumer health compared with traditional strategies. The objective of the current study is to compare two groups (MTB; n = 18, 46.1 \u00b1 10.4 years and MTBAPP; n = 19, 45.3 \u00b1 6.40 years) of overweight, prehypertensive individuals in losing weight and lowering their blood pressure. Both were provided with nutritionist-guided recommendations, a wearable tracking device and a dietary supplement that has previously been proven to help lose body weight and lower blood pressure. In addition, one of the groups (MTBAPP) used a mobile app specifically designed for the intervention. Blood pressure, body composition, triglyceride level, peak expiratory flow, forced expiratory volume in the first second and maximum oxygen volume were measured at different time points. In addition, participants were monitored with an activity bracelet throughout the intervention. As a result, both groups significantly lost body weight, while the group using the app additionally improved blood pressure levels and lowered fat mass. Furthermore, the app users significantly increased the number of daily steps and decreased sedentary time. In conclusion, the addition of a mobile app with daily reminders to follow healthy lifestyle recommendations increased physical activity and overall improved blood pressure and fat mass levels when compared with a group performing the same intervention but in absence of the mobile application.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22030768","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,20]],"date-time":"2022-01-20T22:51:06Z","timestamp":1642719066000},"page":"768","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["New App-Based Dietary and Lifestyle Intervention on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Health"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7499-1471","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Rodr\u00edguez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain"},{"name":"Alicante Institute of Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), 03010 Alicante, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3146-5778","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Olcina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Mora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain"}]},{"given":"Pau","family":"Navarro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monteloeder S.L., C\/Miguel Servet 16, 03203 Elche, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3464-0594","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuria","family":"Caturla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monteloeder S.L., C\/Miguel Servet 16, 03203 Elche, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monteloeder S.L., C\/Miguel Servet 16, 03203 Elche, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e13262","DOI":"10.1097\/MD.0000000000013262","article-title":"Associations of anthropometric adiposity indexes with hypertension risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis including PURE-China","volume":"97","author":"Deng","year":"2018","journal-title":"Medicine"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"947","DOI":"10.1007\/s00592-019-01328-3","article-title":"Associations of BMI, waist circumference, body fat, and skeletal muscle with type 2 diabetes in adults","volume":"56","author":"Han","year":"2019","journal-title":"Acta Diabetol."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1749","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2018.16755","article-title":"The 2018 European Society of Cardiology\/European Society of Hypertension and 2017 American College of Cardiology\/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guidelines: More Similar than Different","volume":"320","author":"Whelton","year":"2018","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3021","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehy339","article-title":"2018 ESC\/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension","volume":"39","author":"Williams","year":"2018","journal-title":"Eur. 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