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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025

A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight.

Seungmin Lee, Soyeon Ahn, Priya Patel, Nicholas D Myers

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Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Seungmin LeeDepartment of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3463-4004
Soyeon AhnDepartment of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2581-306X
Priya PatelDepartment of Kinesiology, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4382-0300
Nicholas D MyersDepartment of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9069-9940

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to calculate the effects of recent eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight. This meta-analysis followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. In the search, 3550 articles were identified, and 15 studies met all inclusion criteria. The effects of recent eHealth interventions depended on the type of outcome variable: (a) intensity-based physical activity (e.g., moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, average minutes per day from intensity categories, steps per day) or (b) energy expenditure-based physical activity (e.g., metabolic equivalent of task, kilocalories per week). The overall effects of recent eHealth interventions on the physical activity outcomes in adults with obesity were positive and ranged from small to medium in size. Ethnicity and weight status moderated the effects of recent eHealth interventions on physical activity outcomes. Results from this meta-analysis provided some evidence for both the utility of, and possible improvements to, eHealth interventions to promote health-enhancing physical activity in at-risk populations.

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ExerciseHealth PromotionObesityOverweightTelemedicineAdultHumansMiddle AgedeHealthexerciseinformation and communication technologymHealth

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PMID39797493
PMCPMC12069164

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