Innovations in the Use of Interactive Technology to Support Weight Management

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 510-519

  Spruijt Metz, D ^a   Wen, C K F ^a   O'Reilly G ^a   Li, M ^a,b   Lee, S ^a   Emken, B A ^a   Mitra, U ^a   Annavaram, M ^a   Ragusa, G ^a   Narayanan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive interventions; Just in time; mHealth; Obesity; Real time; Sensors

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR; SITTING; SLEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

CELL PHONES; DIET; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84982953582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-015-0183-6     Document Type: Review

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