Weight loss—there is an app for that! But does it adhere to evidence-informed practices?

ER Breton, BF Fuemmeler… - Translational behavioral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Little is known about how much smartphone apps for weight control adhere to evidence-
informed practices. The aim of this study was to review and summarize the content of …

Evidence-based strategies in weight-loss mobile apps

S Pagoto, K Schneider, M Jojic, M DeBiasse… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Physicians have limited time for weight-loss counseling, and there is a lack of
resources to which they can refer patients for assistance with weight loss. Weight-loss …

Mobile applications for weight management: theory-based content analysis

KMJ Azar, LI Lesser, BY Laing, J Stephens… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Smartphone applications to support weight loss: current perspectives

CA Pellegrini, AF Pfammatter, DE Conroy… - Advanced health care …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Lower cost alternatives are needed for the traditional in-person behavioral weight loss
programs to overcome challenges of lowering the worldwide prevalence of overweight and …

[HTML][HTML] A review and content analysis of engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and change techniques in the most popular commercial apps for …

M Bardus, SB van Beurden, JR Smith… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background There are thousands of apps promoting dietary improvement, increased
physical activity (PA) and weight management. Despite a growing number of reviews in this …

Mobile applications for obesity and weight management: current market characteristics

CK Nikolaou, MEJ Lean - International Journal of Obesity, 2017 - nature.com
Mobile-Health (mHealth) is the fastest-developing eHealth sector, with over 100 000 health
applications (apps) currently available. Overweight/obesity is a problem of wide public …

Experiences and perceptions of adults accessing publicly available nutrition behavior-change mobile apps for weight management

JRL Lieffers, JF Arocha, K Grindrod… - Journal of the Academy of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Nutrition mobile apps have become accessible and popular weight-
management tools available to the general public. To date, much of the research has …

The use of mobile apps to improve nutrition outcomes: a systematic literature review

KN DiFilippo, WH Huang, JE Andrade… - … of telemedicine and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted a systematic review to determine if the use of nutrition apps resulted in
improved outcomes, including knowledge and behavior, among healthy adults. Using app …

Results of the clinician apps survey, how clinicians working with patients with diabetes and obesity use mobile health apps

J Karduck, K Chapman-Novakofski - Journal of nutrition education and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To develop and administer a questionnaire to determine what factors may be
associated with app use (including frequency of use, reasons to recommend to …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile apps for weight management: a scoping review

J Rivera, A McPherson, J Hamilton… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Obesity remains a major public health concern. Mobile apps for weight
loss/management are found to be effective for improving health outcomes in adults and …