The COVID-19 pandemic and associated containment measures have massively changed
the daily lives of billions of children and adolescents worldwide. To investigate the global …

Mobile sensing systems have been widely used as a practical approach to collect
behavioral and health-related information from individuals and to provide timely intervention …

Background In health care, the use of game-based interventions to increase motivation,
engagement, and overall sustainability of health behaviors is steadily becoming more …

ABSTRACT In this White Paper, we outline recommendations from the perspective of health
psychology and behavioural science, addressing three research gaps:(1) What methods in …

Background Increasingly, parents use child health promotion apps to find health information.
An overview of child health promotion apps for parents currently does not exist. The scope of …

Quantification of physical activity (PA) depends on the type of measurement and analysis
method making it difficult to compare adherence to PA guidelines. Therefore, test-retest …

Just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) are a promising technology-based approach for
health behavior change. This examination aimed to evaluate whether a JITAI after a period …

No previous study has analyzed the differences in the effectiveness of an intervention with
mobile applications, according to gender and academic year, on the level of physical …

Introduction A proper nutrition is essential for human life. Recently, special attention on this
topic has been given in relation to three health statuses: obesity, malnutrition and specific …

Background Numerous smartphone apps are targeting physical activity (PA) and healthy
eating (HE), but empirical evidence on their effectiveness for the initialization and …