A mobile health lifestyle program for prevention of weight gain in young adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-month outcomes of a randomized controlled trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^a   Partridge, Stephanie Ruth ^a   McGeechan, Kevin ^b   Balestracci, Kate ^a   Hebden, Lana ^a   Wong, Annette ^a   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^b   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^c   Harris, Mark F ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit; mHealth; Physical activity; Sugar sweetened beverages; Take out foods; Telehealth; Vegetables; Weight gain prevention; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994735592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5768     Document Type: Article

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