Background: Increasing physical activity (PA) levels in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years is
associated with prevention of unhealthy weight gain and improvement in cardiovascular …

Smartphone apps for use in pregnancy are common and could influence lifestyle
behaviours, but they have not been evaluated. This review aimed to assess the quality of …

Mobile monitoring for health and wellness is becoming more sophisticated and accurate,
with an increased use of real-time personalization technologies that may improve the …

Objective Goal setting is an effective strategy to promote physical activity. Commercial apps
that tackle physical activity often include goal setting; however, it is unknown whether the …

Background Smoking remains one of the major preventable causes of chronic diseases.
Considering the promising evidence on the effectiveness of mobile technology for health …

Objective Mobile phone-based interventions have been proven to be effective tools for
smoking cessation, at least in the short term. Gamification, that is, the use of game-design …

Introduction The emergence of mobile health (mHealth) solutions, particularly mHealth
applications (apps), has shown promise in self-management of chronic diseases including …

Background: Patients are increasingly using mobile health (mHealth) apps to monitor their
health and educate themselves about medical issues. Despite the increasing popularity of …

Sizeism has a negative impact on women and perpetuates fat shaming. Conventional
therapeutic suggestions for addressing weight concerns focus on self-discipline rather than …

Introduction Obesity and associated diseases place a severe burden on healthcare systems.
Behavioural interventions for weight loss (WL) are successful in the short term but often …