Development of "LvL UP 1.0": a smartphone-based, conversational agent-delivered holistic lifestyle intervention for the prevention of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders

• Main Authors: Oscar Castro (Author), Jacqueline Louise Mair (Author), Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria (Author), Aishah Alattas (Author), Roman Keller (Author), Shenglin Zheng (Author), Ahmad Jabir (Author), Xiaowen Lin (Author), Bea Franziska Frese (Author), Chang Siang Lim (Author), Prabhakaran Santhanam (Author), Rob M. van Dam (Author), Josip Car (Author), Jimmy Lee (Author), E Shyong Tai (Author), Elgar Fleisch (Author), Florian von Wangenheim (Author), Lorainne Tudor Car (Author), Falk Müller-Riemenschneider (Author), Tobias Kowatsch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) and common mental disorders (CMDs) are the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Lifestyle interventions via mobile apps and conversational agents present themselves as low-cost, scalable solutions to prevent these conditions. This paper describ...