TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Pedro Miguel Lopes de
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://web.esenfc.pt/?url=15tIkavS
Resumo: Adolescent obesity grasped epidemic proportions, being critical to find effective prevention strategies. This paper describes the design and development of an interdisciplinary and innovative mHealth program directed to promote healthy behaviors and prevent adolescent obesity. The mHealth application includes educational resources, self-monitoring, social support, interactive training modules and motivational tools. The positive evaluation of the program will stimulate the inclusion of technologies in the promotion of salutogenic behaviors and obesity prevention. This e-therapeutic system can be used by health and exercise professionals in improving community interventions tailored to teenagers.
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title TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
spellingShingle TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
Sousa, Pedro Miguel Lopes de
Interdisciplinary
mHealth
obesity
health behaviors
Adolescents
title_short TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
title_full TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
title_fullStr TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
title_full_unstemmed TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
title_sort TeenPower: An interdisciplinary game-based mHealth system to empower adolescents towards obesity prevention
author Sousa, Pedro Miguel Lopes de
author_facet Sousa, Pedro Miguel Lopes de
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Pedro Miguel Lopes de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Interdisciplinary
mHealth
obesity
health behaviors
Adolescents
topic Interdisciplinary
mHealth
obesity
health behaviors
Adolescents
description Adolescent obesity grasped epidemic proportions, being critical to find effective prevention strategies. This paper describes the design and development of an interdisciplinary and innovative mHealth program directed to promote healthy behaviors and prevent adolescent obesity. The mHealth application includes educational resources, self-monitoring, social support, interactive training modules and motivational tools. The positive evaluation of the program will stimulate the inclusion of technologies in the promotion of salutogenic behaviors and obesity prevention. This e-therapeutic system can be used by health and exercise professionals in improving community interventions tailored to teenagers.
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