Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) weight management programme for New Zealand adults

BMC Obesity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ^a   Whittaker, Robyn ^a   McRobbie, Hayden ^b   Ball, Kylie ^c   Crawford, David ^c   Michie, Jo ^a   Jiang, Yannan ^a   Maddison, Ralph ^a   Waterlander, Wilma ^a   Myers, Katie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mHealth; Obesity; Text message

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85041642553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-9538-1-10     Document Type: Article

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