Mobile technology for vegetable consumption: A randomized controlled pilot study in overweight adults

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Mummah, Sarah Ann ^a,b   Mathur, Maya ^a   King, Abby C ^a   Gardner, Christopher D ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Diet; Eating; Health behavior; Pilot projects; Randomized controlled trial; Telemedicine; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85091857996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5146     Document Type: Article

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