Managing obesity through mobile phone applications: a state-of-the-art review from a user-centred design perspective

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2003-2023

  Hermawati, Setia ^a   Lawson, Glyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile phone; Obesity; Ubiquitous; User centred design

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DATA SHARING; NUTRITION; PRIVACY BY DESIGN;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EVALUATION PROTOCOL; MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SKILLS; OBESITY; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; UBIQUITOUS;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 84921068345     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: 16174917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-014-0757-4     Document Type: Article

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