American journal of preventive medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Mobile technology for obesity prevention: a randomized pilot study in racial- and ethnic-minority girls.
Mobile technologies have wide-scale reach and disseminability, but no known studies have examined mobile technologies as a stand-alone tool to improve obesity-related behaviors of at-risk youth. ⋯ A stand-alone mobile app may produce small to moderate effects for FVs and SSBs. Given the extensive reach of mobile devices, this pilot study demonstrates the need for larger-scale testing of similar programs to address obesity-related behaviors in high-risk youth.