Daily text messaging for weight control among racial and ethnic minority women: Randomized controlled pilot study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Steinberg, Dori M ^a   Levine, Erica L ^a   Askew, Sandy ^a   Foley, Perry ^a   Bennett, Gary G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; MHealth; Self monitoring; Text messaging; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLACK WOMEN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MHEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-MONITORING; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLACK WOMEN; MHEALTH; SELF-MONITORING; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84887898070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2844     Document Type: Article

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