Mobile Health for Pediatric Weight Management: Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence and consequences of obesity among children and adolescents remain a leading global public health concern, and evidence-based, multidisciplinary lifestyle interventions are the cornerstone of treatment. Mobile electronic devices are widely used across socioeconomic categories and may provide a means of extending the reach and efficiency of health care interventions.

Objective

We aimed to synthesize the evidence regarding mobile health (mHealth) for the treatment of childhood overweight and obesity to map the breadth and nature of the literature in this field and describe the characteristics of published studies.

Methods

We conducted a systematic scoping review in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

SUBMITTER: Tully L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301268 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature