Short message service reduces dropout in childhood obesity treatment: A randomized controlled trial

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 797-805

  de Niet, Judith ^a   Timman, Reinier ^a   Bauer, Stephanie ^b   van den Akker, Erica ^c   de Klerk, Cora ^a   Kordy, Hans ^d   Passchier, Jan ^e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Mobile phones; Obesity; Self monitoring; Short message service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; WELLBEING;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873870103     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027498     Document Type: Article

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