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Effectiveness of Mobile Apps in Promoting Healthy Behavior Changes and Preventing Obesity in Children: Systematic Review

BackgroundMobile apps have been increasingly incorporated into healthy behavior promotion interventions targeting childhood obesity. However, their effectiveness remains unclear. ObjectiveThis paper aims to conduct a systematic review examining the effectiveness of mobile apps aimed at preventing ch...

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Main Authors:	Kiana W Yau (Author), Tricia S Tang (Author), Matthias Görges (Author), Susan Pinkney (Author), Annie D Kim (Author), Angela Kalia (Author), Shazhan Amed (Author)
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Published:	JMIR Publications, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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