B-MOBILE - A Smartphone-Based Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Time in Overweight/Obese Individuals: A Within-Subjects Experimental Trial

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 6; p. e100821
• Main Authors: Bond, Dale S., Thomas, J. Graham, Raynor, Hollie A., Moon, Jon, Sieling, Jared, Trautvetter, Jennifer, Leblond, Tiffany, Wing, Rena R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.06.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body weight; Cell Phone - statistics & numerical data; Comparative analysis; Diabetes; Exercise; Exercise Therapy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health aspects; Humans; Informatics; Intervention; Male; Medical schools; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Motor Activity - physiology; Obesity; Obesity - prevention & control; Overweight; Overweight - prevention & control; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Psychiatry; Sedentary Behavior; Smart phones; Smartphones; Weight control; Within-subjects design
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100821

Excessive sedentary time (SED) has been linked to obesity and other adverse health outcomes. However, few sedentary-reducing interventions exist and none have utilized smartphones to automate behavioral strategies to decrease SED. We tested a smartphone-based intervention to monitor and decrease SED...