A Mobile Phone-Based Health Coaching Intervention for Weight Loss and Blood Pressure Reduction in a National Payer Population: A Retrospective Study.
Alice Yuqing MaoConnie E-Jean ChenCandy MaganaKarla Caballero BarajasJacqueline Nwando OlayiwolaPublished in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2017)
Mobile phone app-based health coaching interventions can be an acceptable and effective means to promote weight loss and improve blood pressure management in overweight or obese individuals. Given the ubiquity of mobile phones, digital health coaching may be an innovative solution to decreasing barriers of access to much-needed weight management interventions for obesity.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- blood pressure
- roux en y gastric bypass
- public health
- healthcare
- gastric bypass
- physical activity
- mental health
- weight gain
- health information
- metabolic syndrome
- hypertensive patients
- adipose tissue
- health promotion
- body mass index
- heart rate
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- climate change
- social media