Objectives Most electronically delivered lifestyle interventions are labor intensive, requiring
logging onto websites and manually recording activity and diet. Cumbersome technology …

Background Obesity remains a major public health challenge, demanding cost-effective and
scalable weight management programs. Delivering key treatment components via mobile …

Background To evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental intervention based on
standard diet recommendations plus free Smartphone application (app) and wearable …

Background: There are inconsistent results for the effectiveness of using smartphone
applications (apps) or websites on weight loss. We investigated the efficacy of a smartphone …

The need for physical activity for health promotion is recognized, yet young adults still
perform insufficient physical activity. Smartphone health programs can be applied easily …

Objectives This study was conducted to examine the effects of mobile health (mHealth),
using mobile phones as an intervention for weight loss in obese adults. Methods An …

We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the use of mobile phones for weight
loss. A total of 43 studies were identified on obese or overweight adults, aged 18 years or …

A discrepancy exists with regard to the effect of smartphone applications (apps) on weight
reduction due to the several limitations of previous studies. This is a retrospective cohort …

Background The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, leading to significant public
health implications later in adulthood. Intervention in early adulthood may be an effective …

Background: Evidence on the efficacy of smartphone applications (apps) for reducing body
weight and other measurements of adiposity sustainably is not conclusive. Objective: To …