Background Recent meta-analyses suggest the use of technology-based interventions as a
treatment option for obesity in adulthood. Similar meta-analytic approaches for children are …

Developing effective digital interventions to change health behavior has been a challenging
goal for academics and industry players alike. Guiding intervention design using the best …

Background Digital interventions are increasingly used to improve health behaviors.
Improved access and lower costs (relative to in-person interventions) make such …

Background Given the global prevalence of insufficient physical activity (PA), effective
interventions that attenuate age-related decline in PA levels are needed. Mobile phone …

Background: By 2019, there will be an estimated 4.68 billion mobile phone users globally.
This increase comes with an unprecedented proliferation in mobile apps, a plug-and-play …

Background: The proliferation of health promotion apps along with mobile phones' array of
features supporting health behavior change offers a new and innovative approach to …

Background As mobile technology continues expanding, researchers have been using
mobile phones to conduct health interventions (mobile health—mHealth—interventions) …

Background: Many university students are lacking adequate physical exercise and are
failing to develop physical activity (PA) behaviors in China. PA app use could improve this …

Background: Nutrition and diet apps represent today a popular area of mobile health
(mHealth), offering the possibility of delivering behavior change (BC) interventions for …

Background: Obesity is a global epidemic. Behavioral change approaches towards
improving nutrition, increasing physical activity level, improving sleep, and reducing sitting …