Cellular phone and Internet-based individual intervention on blood pressure and obesity in obese patients with hypertension

Effects of Web-based Health Education on Blood Glucose and Blood Pressure Improvement in Postmenopausal Women with Impaired Fasting Blood Glucose

“…(Kim, 2005), 영양교육 (Underbakke, McBride, & Spencer, 2006), 비만 관리 (Welty, Nasca, Lew, Gregoire, & Ruan, 2007;Park & Kim, in press), 고혈압관리 (Park, Kim, & Kim, 2009 …”

Effectiveness of Cellular Phone-Based Interventions for Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Systematic Review

“…Of those remaining, 154 articles were excluded after the title and abstract screening. Of the 39 studies that advanced to the full article review; 33 did not meet the inclusion criteria (Table 1) [5,18,20,21,[25][26][27][28][29], leaving six studies included in this review (Table 2) [6,19,35,48,52,53]. Most included studies incorporated the use of cellular phone as a part of a multifaceted weight loss program, rather than a standalone intervention.…”

“…Possible additional benefits to using cellular phones as a medium for weight loss interventions include cost-effectiveness, large scale delivery, portability, and the ability to deliver individualized information rapidly and in a variety of locations [5,6,20]. Moreover, information can be transmitted to a cellular phone without the user having to initiate a request, which is usually required to access a computerized program [5,6,20].…”

“…Chronic diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke are often a result of carrying this excessive weight [3][4][5][6]. The ramifications of being overweight and obesity extend beyond the aforementioned health consequences.…”

Editorial: Ebesity – E-Health for Obesity – New Technologies for the Treatment of Obesity In Clinical Psychology and Medicine

“…There is a significant interest in the employment of new technologies and devices in order to obtain better results in weightreduction programs: this literature has grown strongly over recent years (Riva et al, 2001, Riva et al, 2002, Simpson et al, 2002, Jeffery et al, 2003, Riva et al, 2003, Simpson et al, 2003, Castelnuovo et al, 2004, Goulis et al, 2004, Sherwood et al, 2006, Haugen et al, 2007, Joo and Kim, 2007, Wister et al, 2007, Kim and Kim, 2008, Krukowski et al, 2008, Morak et al, 2008, Schiel et al, 2008, Shaikh et al, 2008, McTigue et al, 2009, Park et al, 2009, Castelnuovo, 2010.…”