The Most Popular Smartphone Apps for Weight Loss: A Quality Assessment
Open Access
- 16 December 2015
- journal article
- Published by JMIR Publications Inc. in JMIR mHealth and uHealth
- Vol. 3 (4), e104
- https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.4334
Abstract
Overall, the most popular commercial apps for weight management are suboptimal in quality, given the inadequate scientific coverage and accuracy of weight-related information, and the relative absence of BCTs across the apps reviewed. With the limited regulatory oversight around the quality of these types of apps, this evaluation provides clinicians and consumers an informed view of the highest-quality apps in the current popular app pool appropriate for recommendation and uptake. Further research is necessary to assess the effectiveness of apps for weight management.Keywords
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