Weight Management in Young Adults: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Intervention Components and Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Young adulthood is a vulnerable period for unhealthy lifestyle adoption and excess weight gain. Scant attention has been focused on developing and evaluating effective weight gain prevention strategies for this age group. Electronic health (eHealth) offers potential as a cost-effective means of delivering convenient, individually-tailored, and contextually-meaningful interventions at scale. OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of this systematic review was to locate and synthesize the evidence on eHealth weight management interventions targeting young adults, with a particular focus on (eHealth) intervention components and outcomes. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The search stra

SUBMITTER: Willmott TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6381405 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature