ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2019
A Scientific Overview of Smartphone Applications and Electronic Devices for Weight Management in Adults.
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- The Role of Mobile Apps in Obesity Management: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Smartphone Apps for Food Purchase Choices: Scoping Review of Designs, Opportunities, and Challenges.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- App-Supported Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy to Manage Gestational Weight Gain and Prevent Gestational Diabetes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- How digital health technologies promote healthy life in the Post-COVID-19 Era: evidences from national survey on Chinese adolescents and youngsters.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Adherence to mobile-app-based dietary self-monitoring-Impact on weight loss in adults.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- Health Habits and Wearable Activity Tracker Devices: Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Low Carb Program Health App Within a Hospital-Based Obesity Setting: Observational Service Evaluation.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Privacy versus Convenience: A Historical Perspective, Analysis of Risks, and an Informatics Call to Action.Applied clinical informatics · 2021Article
- Digital Health in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention: A Search for the Ideal Tool.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Mobile Apps for Weight Management: A Review of the Latest Evidence to Inform Practice.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Worldwide, there are rising trends in overweight and obesity. Therefore, novel digital tools are discussed to improve health-related behaviors. The use of smartphone applications (apps) and wearables (e.g., activity trackers) for self-monitoring of diet and physical activity might have an impact on body weight. By now, the scientific evaluation of apps and wearables for weight management is limited. Although some intervention studies have already investigated the efficacy of aforementioned digital tools on weight management, there are no clear recommendations for its clinical and therapeutic use . Besides the lack in long-term randomized controlled trials, there are also concerns regarding the scientific quality of apps and wearables (e.g., no standards for development and evaluation). Therefore, the objective of present work is: (1) To address challenges and concerns regarding the current digital health market and (2) to provide a selective overview about intervention studies using apps and activity trackers for weight-related outcomes. Based on cited literature, the efficacy of apps and wearables on weight management is assessed. Finally, it is intended to derive potential recommendations for practical guidance.
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