A Mobile Phone Intervention to Improve Obesity-Related Health Behaviors of Adolescents Across Europe: Iterative Co-Design and Feasibility Study.

Anne Martin Maurizio Caon Fulvio Adorni Giuseppe Andreoni Antonio Ascolese Sarah Atkinson Kim C M Bul Carme Carrión Conxa Castell Valentina Ciociola Laura Condon Mireia Espallargues Janet Hanley Nithiya Jesuthasan Claudio L Lafortuna Alexandra R Lang Federica Prinelli Elisa Puigdomenech Sarah A Tabozzi Brian McKinstry

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

Incorporating adolescents' preferences, the PEGASO F4F technology combines the functions of a self-monitoring, entertainment, advisory, and social support tool. This was the first study demonstrating that it is possible to develop a complex mobile phone-based technological system applying the principles of co-design to mHealth technology with adolescents across 3 countries. The findings from this study informed the development of an mHealth system for healthy weight promotion to be tested in a controlled multinational pilot trial.

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