Lifestyle intervention using an internet-based curriculum with cell phone reminders for obese Chinese teens: a randomized controlled study.

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Published in PLoS One on May 06, 2015

Authors

Anisha A Abraham1, Wing-Chi Chow1, Hung-Kwan So2, Benjamin Hon-Kei Yip1, Albert M Li2, Shekhar M Kumta3, Jean Woo4, Suk-Mei Chan4, Esther Yuet-Ying Lau5, E Anthony S Nelson2

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
2: Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
3: Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
4: Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
5: Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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