Ruth Bacigalupo|Peter Cudd|Chris Littlewood|Paul Bissell|Mark Hawley|Helen Buckley Woods
Interventions employing mobile technology for overweight and obesity: an early systematic review of randomized controlled trials
University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield|University of Sheffield
summary obesity global epidemic major healthcare implications costs mobile technologies potential interventions promote weight loss early systematic review rapidly growing area research conducted electronic databases searched articles published j anuary 1998 ctober 2011 data sources included edline e mbase c ochrane c entral r egister c ontrolled rials ongoing research searched using clinical trials databases registers 174 articles retrieved 21 met inclusion criteria randomized controlled trials rct mobile technology interventions facilitating weight loss overweight obese adults comparator narrative synthesis undertaken seven articles included appraised using c ochrane risk bias tool four presented low risk bias three presented high risk bias consistent strong evidence across included multiple highquality rct weight loss occurs shortterm mobile technology interventions moderate evidence mediumterm recommendations improving reporting quality future trials made including reporting weight loss percent meet clinical standards including features longterm followup costeffectiveness patient acceptability