Background: The current body of knowledge highlights the potential role of mobile
technology as a medium to deliver support for psychological and physical health. This study …

Utilization of wearable technologies may help older adults maintain physical activity, which
is key for reducing chronic diseases. Adoption and use of wearable technology is slowly …

Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide and
are increasingly affecting younger populations, particularly African Americans in the …

Background: Self-tracking via wearable and mobile technologies is becoming an essential
part of personal health management. At this point, however, little information is available to …

Activity trackers have demonstrated promise in promoting physical activity in chronic disease
populations, but few studies describe how participants were educated to use the activity …

Wearable activity trackers are devices that are comfortably worn on the body and are
designed to be effective in monitoring daily physical activity and improving physical fitness of …

Background: Smartwatches are a consumer wearable device offering a potential, practical,
and affordable method to collect personal health data in healthy adults. For patients with …

Promoting physical activity amongst older adults represents a major public health goal and
community-led exercise programmes present benefits in promoting active lifestyles …

Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality.
Existing evidence-based treatments are underutilized and have seen little recent innovation …

Life-logging devices do not only record data such as daily steps, distances traveled, or
energy used. Instead these systems also offer ready-made analyses of recorded data …