scholarly journals Effect of Mobile Health Technology on Weight Control in Adolescents and Preteens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Mei Yien ◽  
Hsiu-Hung Wang ◽  
Ruey-Hsia Wang ◽  
Fan-Hao Chou ◽  
Kuo-Hsiung Chen ◽  
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Childhood obesity is a crucial public health concern. In recent years, numerous studies have employed mobile health technology applications for weight control in children but obtaining varying effects. We conducted a meta-analysis to discuss the effectiveness of mobile health technology in reducing the body mass index (BMI) of obese children. The standardized mean difference (SMD) in BMI between the intervention and control groups was employed to measure the effect of mobile health technology intervention on weight control. The Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Version 3 software was employed for meta-analysis, and the results are presented in a forest plot. This study included nine randomized control trials, which featured a total of 1,202 participants. The meta-analysis revealed that mobile health technology intervention did not have a significant weight loss effect on subjects with obesity. However, by using ethnicity as a moderating variable for subgroup analysis, we discovered that the BMI of ethnic Chinese groups who received mobile health technology intervention was significantly lower than that of the control group. This effect was not significant in the non-ethnic Chinese subgroup. Therefore, the use of mobile health technology intervention for weight control in ethnic Chinese children resulted in significantly lower BMI in these children; however, the use of mobile health technology intervention for weight control is unsuitable for non-ethnic Chinese children.

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Melia ◽  
Kady Francis ◽  
Jim Duggan ◽  
John Bogue ◽  
Mary O'Sullivan ◽  
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Author(s):  
Karola V. Kreitmair ◽  
Mildred K. Cho

Wearable and mobile health technology is becoming increasingly pervasive, both in professional healthcare settings and with individual consumers. This chapter delineates the various functionalities of this technology and identifies its different purposes. It then addresses the ethical challenges that this pervasiveness poses in the areas of accuracy and reliability of the technology, privacy and confidentiality of data, consent, and the democratization of healthcare. It also looks at mobile mental health apps as a case study to elucidate the discussion of ethical issues. Finally, the chapter turns to the question of how this technology and the associated “quantification of the self” affect traditional modes of epistemic access to and phenomenological conceptions of the self.


2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Panda ◽  
Robert Sinyard ◽  
Judy Margo ◽  
Natalie Henrich ◽  
Christy E. Cauley ◽  
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