Peter Cudd and Mark Hawley, along with other colleagues in the School of Health and Related Research, have had a journal paper published in the prestigious Obesity Reviews. With an impact factor of 7.038, Obesity Reviews is a well-regarded and widely-read journal in the field of Endocrinology & Metabolism.
The article, Interventions employing mobile technology for overweight and obesity: an early systematic review of randomized controlled trials, examines the use of mobile technologies to promote weight loss [subscription required for full-text]. It presents a narrative review of current research, concluding that there is currently not enough evidence about the long-term benefits, though positive results are shown in the short-term.
...combines the expertise of three research groups at the University of Sheffield: Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Group (RAT Group), the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) and the Telehealth and Care Technologies theme of CLAHRC YH (http://clahrc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/)
To correct the information of the original blog. In fact the article is open access and can be downloaded for free from the link.
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