Mobile applications (apps) to improve health are proliferating, but before healthcare
providers or organizations can recommend an app to the patients they serve, they need to …

Background Internet and mobile health (mHealth) apps hold promise for expanding the
reach of evidence-based health interventions. Research in this area is rapidly expanding …

Background Mobile health (mHealth) care apps are a promising technology to monitor and
control health individually and cost-effectively with a technology that is widely used …

The growing population of older adults (age≥ 65 years) is expected to lead to higher rates
of cardiovascular disease. The expansion of digital health (encompassing telehealth …

Background: Through the increasingly aging population, the health care system is
confronted with various challenges such as expanding health care costs. To manage these …

Abstract mHealth interventions that deliver content via mobile phones represent a
burgeoning area of health behavior change. The current paper examines two themes that …

The need to characterize and assess health apps has inspired a significant amount of
research in the past years, in search for methods able to provide potential app users with …

Introduction: Health promotion apps designed to support and reinforce health behaviours or
to reduce risk behaviours are the most commonly downloaded apps. Such technologies …

Background: Mobile apps have been increasingly incorporated into healthy behavior
promotion interventions targeting childhood obesity. However, their effectiveness remains …

Background Guidelines for physical activity and exercise during pregnancy recommend that
all women without contraindications engage in regular physical activity to improve both their …