A smartphone health care application is more effective for weight loss among non-walkers

Medical Xpress August 8, 2024
University of Tsukuba

Obesity, a significant risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, poses a considerable global public health challenge. Among the various strategies to combat obesity, weight-loss interventions that offer lifestyle modification guidance through web-based services have attracted attention.

Among these, diet and exercise interventions facilitated by smartphone health care apps have emerged as an effective method for weight loss. As the actual impact on weight loss varies among individuals, this study explores the characteristics of successful users of weight-loss apps.

A new study published in Nutrients, which is a secondary analysis of data from a previous randomized controlled trial performed by the same research group, evaluated the effectiveness of health care apps.

This analysis focused...