Type 2 diabetes is a serious and common chronic disease resulting from a complex
inheritance-environment interaction along with other risk factors such as obesity and …

Background This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2012, Issue 4.
Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is associated with poor maternal and neonatal …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) refers to a popular therapeutic approach that has been
applied to a variety of problems. The goal of this review was to provide a comprehensive …

Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level
support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

Background To develop more efficient programmes for promoting dietary and/or physical
activity change (in order to prevent type 2 diabetes) it is critical to ensure that the intervention …

Physical inactivity, sarcopenia, and frailty are highly prevalent, independent predictors of
morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Across a range of chronic diseases …

Besides physical consequences, obesity has negative psychological effects, thereby
lowering human life quality. Major psychological consequences of this disorder includes …

Abstract Purpose: According to the World Health Organization, stress is a significant problem
of our times and affects both physical as well as the mental health of people. Stress is …

Internet-based psychotherapeutic interventions have been used for more than a decade, but
no comprehensive review and no extensive meta-analysis of their effectiveness have been …

Background The use of smartphone applications (apps) to assist with weight management is
increasingly prevalent, but the quality of these apps is not well characterized. Purpose The …