Using social and mobile tools for weight loss in overweight and obese young adults (Project SMART): a 2 year, parallel-group, randomised, controlled trial

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 747-755

  Godino, Job G ^a,b   Merchant, Gina ^a,b   Norman, Gregory J ^a,b   Donohue, Michael C ^c   Marshall, Simon J ^a,b   Fowler, James H ^a   Calfas, Karen J ^a,b   Huang, Jeannie S ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^b   Griswold, William G ^a   Gupta, Anjali ^a,d   Raab, Fredric ^a   Fogg, B J ^e   Robinson, Thomas N ^e   Patrick, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOGGING; BODY MASS; CALIFORNIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; OBESITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OBESITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990060554     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30105-X     Document Type: Article

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