This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4050) Mobile Health (mhealth) (3491) Parent and Child Education on Healthy Eating and Nutrition (217) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3339) Usability of Apps and User Perceptions of mHealth (1197) Parent and Child Education on Physical Activity (167) mHealth for Patient Education (293) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (936) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (491) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1745) Use and User Demographics of mHealth (407) Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis/Reviews of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps (420)

Published on in Vol 23, No 9 (2021): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/20520, first published .
Use of a Mobile Lifestyle Intervention App as an Early Intervention for Adolescents With Obesity: Single-Cohort Study

Use of a Mobile Lifestyle Intervention App as an Early Intervention for Adolescents With Obesity: Single-Cohort Study

Use of a Mobile Lifestyle Intervention App as an Early Intervention for Adolescents With Obesity: Single-Cohort Study

Authors of this article:

Chu Shan Elaine Chew1 Author Orcid Image ;   Courtney Davis1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jie Kai Ethel Lim1 Author Orcid Image ;   Chee Meng Micheal Lim2 Author Orcid Image ;   Yi Zhen Henny Tan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jean Yin Oh1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kumudhini Rajasegaran1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yong Hwa Michael Chia3 Author Orcid Image ;   Eric Andrew Finkelstein4 Author Orcid Image
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