Background: To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated whether weight loss can be
promoted in overweight adults through the use of an intervention that is largely based on …

Nearly 68% of American adults are obese or overweight. Mobile devices such as mobile
phones have emerged as a mode of intervention delivery to help people improve their …

Background Obesity prevalence continues to increase worldwide, with significant associated
chronic disease and health cost implications. Among more recent innovations in health …

Background Helping patients control obesity remains a clinical challenge for internists, and
African Americans experience obesity rates higher than other racial/ethnic groups. Purpose …

Background Weight management interventions can be extended using mobile telephone
technology to deliver support in real‐time, real‐world settings. The present study aimed to …

Background: Daily self-monitoring of diet and physical activity behaviors is a strong predictor
of weight loss success. Text messaging holds promise as a viable self-monitoring modality …

Background Using regulatory focus theory, an intervention of daily weight loss-sustaining
messages was developed and tested for acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy on helping …

OBJECTIVE: Text-messaging shows promise as a health intervention. This randomized
controlled trial evaluated a daily text-messaging weight loss intervention. METHODS …

Background: Prevention of weight gain has been suggested as an important strategy in the
prevention of obesity and people who are overweight are a specifically important group to …

Background Weight loss interventions based solely on text messaging (short message
service [SMS]) have been shown to be modestly effective for short periods of time and in …