mHealth approaches to child obesity prevention: successes, unique challenges, and next directions.

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Published in Transl Behav Med on December 01, 2013

Authors

Eleanor B Tate1, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Gillian O'Reilly, Maryalice Jordan-Marsh, Marientina Gotsis, Mary Ann Pentz, Genevieve F Dunton

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA.

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