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Exploring the Role of In-Person Components for Online Health Behavior Change Interventions: Can a Digital Person-to-Person Component Suffice?

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Changing Diet and Physical Activity in Nurses: A Pilot Study and Process Evaluation Highlighting Challenges in Workplace Health Promotion

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A review of features, behaviour change techniques and quality of the most popular mobile apps to measure physical activity (Preprint)

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Can Smartphone Apps Increase Physical Activity? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Does evidence support the use of mobile phone apps as a driver for promoting healthy lifestyles from a public health perspective? A systematic review of Randomized Control Trials

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What technological features are used in smartphone apps that promote physical activity? A review and content analysis

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A Narrative Review of Social Media and Game-Based Nutrition Interventions Targeted at Young Adults

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Evaluation of stAPP: a smartphone-based intervention to reduce prolonged sitting among Belgian adults

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Can Mobile Phone Apps Influence People’s Health Behavior Change? An Evidence Review

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Conceptualising engagement with digital behaviour change interventions: a systematic review using principles from critical interpretive synthesis

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An mHealth Intervention Using a Smartphone App to Increase Walking Behavior in Young Adults: A Pilot Study

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Behavioral Functionality of Mobile Apps in Health Interventions: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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Are Health Behavior Change Interventions That Use Online Social Networks Effective? A Systematic Review

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A Persuasive and Social mHealth Application for Physical Activity: A Usability and Feasibility Study

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Using the Internet to Promote Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Theoretical Basis, Use of Behavior Change Techniques, and Mode of Delivery on Efficacy

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