Background: The effectiveness of smartphone apps for weight loss is limited by the diversity
of interventions that accompany such apps. This research extends the scope of previous …

Background Obesity and lack of physical activity are major health risk factors for many life-
threatening diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. The …

Background: Obesity remains a major public health concern. Mobile apps for weight
loss/management are found to be effective for improving health outcomes in adults and …

Background: Few people successfully maintain lost weight over the longer term. Mobile
phones have the potential to deliver weight loss management programs that can encourage …

Background Smartphone apps have shown potential in enhancing weight management in
Western populations in the short to medium term. With a rapidly growing obesity burden in …

Background: The use of apps to tackle overweight and obesity by tracking physical and
dietary patterns and providing recommendations and motivation strategies to achieve …

Background: Conventional face-to-face weight loss and weight control programs are very
labor intensive for both the patient and the provider. It is unclear to what extent conventional …

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

Background Although there are many wearable devices available to help people lose
weight and decrease the rising prevalence of obesity, the effectiveness of these devices in …

Background Evidence on the long-term effects of weight management smartphone apps on
various weight-related outcomes remains scarce. Objective In this review, we aimed to …