Understanding Time Series Patterns of Weight and Meal History Reports in Mobile Weight Loss Intervention Programs: Data-Driven Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile apps for weight loss provide users with convenient features for recording lifestyle and health indicators; they have been widely used for weight loss recently. Previous studies in this field generally focused on the relationship between the cumulative nature of self-reported data and the results in weight loss at the end of the diet period. Therefore, we conducted an in-depth study to explore the relationships between adherence to self-reporting and weight loss outcomes during the weight reduction process.

Objective

We explored the relationship between adherence to self-reporting and weight loss outcomes during the time series weight reduction process with the following 3 research questions: "How does adherence to self-reporting of body weight and meal hist

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448179 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature