Tailored mobile phone text messages as an adjunct to obesity treatment for adolescents.
We examined the use of tailored messages sent to the mobile phones of obese adolescents enrolled in a weight-management programme, as a means of increasing adherence. The feasibility study was conducted in three phases: (1) a library of 90 messages was developed about five weight-related behaviours;...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 458 - 462 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2010
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