Introduction: Overweight and obesity constitute leading global public health challenges.
Tackling overweight and obesity by influencing human behaviour is a complex task …

We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to examine the association of
mobile phone intervention with net change in weight-related measures among overweight …

Context Weight management is an effective strategy for controlling chronic disease and
maintaining physical health, and research on this topic has risen dramatically over the past …

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is crucial in the management of cardiovascular disease (CVD),
yet attendance is poor. Mobile technology (mHealth) offers a potential solution to increase …

Background. African American women (AAW) are in a unique position to be recruited into
mobile (mHealth) weight management research and programs due to their high rates of …

Objective To determine the effects on weight loss of three abbreviated behavioral weight
loss interventions with and without coaching and mobile technology. Methods A randomized …

Objective This study aimed to determine whether weight losses from a primarily smartphone‐
based behavioral obesity treatment (SMART) differed from those of a more intensive group …

There is a need to investigate newer strategies pertaining to the maintenance of healthy
behaviors and weight. We investigated the feasibility of mobile phone text messaging to …

Background A challenge in intensive obesity treatment is making care scalable. Little is
known about whether the outcome of physician-directed weight loss treatment can be …

Background The “m” in mHealth is often thought of as the ability to receive health information
and monitor behaviors on the go. Little is known about how people actually use mobile vs …