A systematic review of application and effectiveness of mHealth interventions for obesity and diabetes treatment and self-management

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 449-462

  Wang, Youfa ^a,b   Xue, Hong ^a,b   Huang, Yaqi ^a   Huang, Lili ^c   Zhang, Dongsong ^d,e  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Intervention; MHealth; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL PHONE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; SELF-MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85019684649     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.116.014100     Document Type: Review

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