The role of social media in online weight management: systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Chang, Tammy ^a   Chopra, Vineet ^a   Zhang, Catherine ^a   Woolford, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Obesity; Overweight; Social media; Systematic review; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; OBESITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

INTERNET; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT LOSS;

HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEIGHT LOSS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84902301779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2852     Document Type: Review

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