Mobile and Web 2.0 interventions for weight management: An overview of review evidence and its methodological quality

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 602-610

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

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LITERATURE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; CELL PHONE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84984629373     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw090     Document Type: Review

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