•Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension is proven manage hypertension.•Commercial dietary tracking apps offer a way adhere DASH.•Understanding how individuals engage with diet important.•There are 2 latent classes of engagement: consistent engagers and disengagers.•Consistent were older, more educated, married. IntroductionThe Dietary pattern hypertension, but adherence remains low. applicatio...

QUESTION: Does a systemic inflammatory activity in patients have an effect on the success of a reduced-fat low-cholesterol diet (DASH: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)? Blood lipids and CRP concentration were analysed at baseline as well as after four, eight and twelve study weeks. RESULT: The DASH diet did not show any effect on CRP, but resulted in a significant decrease in total chol...

Lifestyle modifications, including adoption of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern, weight loss in individuals who are overweight or obese, and physical activity, are effective in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. A healthy lifestyle may also have beneficial effects on metabolic abnormalities, such as insulin resistance, that are associated with high b...