Effectiveness of a smartphone application for weight loss compared with usual care in overweight primary care patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages S5-S12

  Laing, Brian Yoshio ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^b   Tseng, Chi Hong ^b   Leng, Mei ^b   Vaisberg, Ekaterina ^c   Mahida, Megha ^d   Bholat, Michelle ^e   Glazier, Eve ^c   Morisky, Donald E ^f   Bell, Douglas S ^b  

^a Diabetes Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 10235 Whitetail Drive ^*  (United States)

^d 10235 Whitetail Drive   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTION SIZE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84919444432     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-3005     Document Type: Article

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