Obesity: pathophysiology and management

KM Gadde, CK Martin, HR Berthoud… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Obesity continues to be among the top health concerns across the globe. Despite our failure
to contain the high prevalence of obesity, we now have a better understanding of its …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of publicly available physical activity apps: review and content analysis

P Bondaronek, G Alkhaldi, A Slee… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Within the new digital health landscape, the rise of health apps creates novel
prospects for health promotion. The market is saturated with apps that aim to increase …

BodiMojo: Efficacy of a Mobile-Based Intervention in Improving Body Image and Self-Compassion among Adolescents

RF Rodgers, E Donovan, T Cousineau, K Yates… - Journal of youth and …, 2018 - Springer
Mobile interventions promoting positive body image are lacking. This study presents a
randomized controlled evaluation of BodiMojo, a mobile application (app) intervention …

[HTML][HTML] 'I just want it to be done, done, done!'food tracking apps, affects, and agential capacities

D Lupton - Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2018 - mdpi.com
Food-tracking apps constitute a major category of the thousands of food-related apps now
available. They are promoted as helping users monitor and measure their food consumption …

DIETOS: A dietary recommender system for chronic diseases monitoring and management

G Agapito, M Simeoni, B Calabrese, I Caré… - Computer methods and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and objective Use of mobile and web-based applications for diet and weight
management is currently increasing. However, the impact of known apps on clinical …

Can existing mobile apps support healthier food purchasing behaviour? Content analysis of nutrition content, behaviour change theory and user quality integration

SJ Flaherty, M McCarthy, A Collins… - Public Health …, 2018 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo assess the quality of nutrition content and the integration of user quality
components and behaviour change theory relevant to food purchasing behaviour in a …

[HTML][HTML] VA FitHeart, a mobile app for cardiac rehabilitation: usability study

AL Beatty, SL Magnusson, JC Fortney… - JMIR human …, 2018 - humanfactors.jmir.org
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves outcomes for patients with ischemic heart
disease or heart failure but is underused. New strategies to improve access to and …

Adolescent eating disorder risk and the online world

JS Saul, RF Rodgers - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric …, 2018 - childpsych.theclinics.com
The media has been proposed to constitute an important source of sociocultural appearance
pressures, and the detrimental effects of exposure to unrealistic and unrepresentative body …

[HTML][HTML] Medical correctness and user friendliness of available apps for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: systematic search combined with guideline adherence and …

B Metelmann, C Metelmann, L Schuffert… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: In case of a cardiac arrest, start of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a
bystander before the arrival of the emergency personnel increases the probability of …

[HTML][HTML] User-documented food consumption data from publicly available apps: An analysis of opportunities and challenges for nutrition research

M Maringer, P van't Veer, N Klepacz, MCD Verain… - Nutrition Journal, 2018 - Springer
Background The need for a better understanding of food consumption behaviour within its
behavioural context has sparked the interest of nutrition researchers for user-documented …