Leveraging Text Messaging and Mobile Technology to Support Pediatric Obesity-Related Behavior Change: A Qualitative Study Using Parent Focus Groups and Interviews

Mona Sharifi   ¹ , MD, MPH ;   Eileen M Dryden   ² , PhD ;   Christine M Horan   ³ , MPH ;   Sarah Price   ³ , MPH ;   Richard Marshall   ⁴ , MD ;   Karen Hacker   ² , MD, MPH ;   Jonathan A Finkelstein   ^{3, 5} , MD, MPH ;   Elsie M Taveras   ^{1, 3} , MD, MPH

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US

² Institute for Community Health, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, US

³ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US

⁴ Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA, US

⁵ Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US