Lifestyle Intervention Using an Internet-Based Curriculum with Cell Phone Reminders for Obese Chinese Teens: A Randomized Controlled Study

@article{Abraham2015LifestyleIU,
  title={Lifestyle Intervention Using an Internet-Based Curriculum with Cell Phone Reminders for Obese Chinese Teens: A Randomized Controlled Study},
  author={Anisha A Abraham and Wing-Chi Chow and Hung-Kwan So and Benjamin Hon-Kei Yip and Albert M Li and Shekhar Madhukar Kumta and Jean Woo and Suk-Mei Chan and Esther Yuet Ying Lau and E Anthony S Nelson},
  journal={PLoS ONE},
  year={2015},
  volume={10},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17051905}
}
The use of the internet-based curriculum with cell phone reminders as a supplement to usual care of obesity is feasible and can be both an effective and a cost-effective adjunct to changing weight in obese youth.
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