Mobile phone and web 2.0 technologies for weight management: A systematic scoping review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Bardus, Marco ^a,b   Smith, Jane R ^a   Samaha, Laya ^b   Abraham, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; mHealth; Mobile apps; Mobile health; Mobile phone; Obesity; Overweight; Review; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UTILIZATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CELL PHONES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OBESITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84948976858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5129     Document Type: Article

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