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Key Lessons and Impact of the Growing Healthy mHealth Program on Milk Feeding, Timing of Introduction of Solids, and Infant Growth: Quasi-Experimental Study.

Rachel A LawsElizabeth A Denney-WilsonSarah TakiCatherine Georgina RussellMiaobing ZhengEloise-Kate V LitterbachKok-Leong OngSharyn J LymerRosalind M ElliottKaren J Campbell
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018)
An mHealth intervention using a smartphone app to promote healthy infant feeding behaviors is a feasible and acceptable mode for delivering obesity prevention intervention to parents; however, app usage declined over time. Learnings from this study will be used to further enhance the program so as to improve its potential for changing infant feeding behaviors.
Keyphrases
  • randomized controlled trial
  • metabolic syndrome
  • type diabetes
  • insulin resistance
  • quality improvement
  • physical activity
  • skeletal muscle
  • weight gain
  • high fat diet induced