The objective of the study was to comprehensively assess and evaluate the characteristics and features of malnutrition applications available in the Google Play Store. To evaluate the availability of health applications for Malnutrition, a search was conducted in February 2021 on the Google Play Store using Google Chrome as the browser. The search term entered in Google play store was “Malnutrition”.

Objective: The objective of the study is to comprehensively assess and evaluate the features and mobile phone interventions of malnutrition applications currently available in the Google Play Store.
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Methods: Review

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Mobile health applications should be developed based on the existing evidence based strategies and recommendations which also consider the safety and privacy of the users. Future research is imperative for development of enhanced methods to design application databases as well as incorporate complete evidence based information regarding the applications to support the users in informed decision making.

FHTS, New Delhi and St Anns, Hyderabad