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Review
. 2015 Nov;23(6):470-8.
doi: 10.1002/erv.2394. Epub 2015 Sep 2.

Measurement and Intervention on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours in Bariatric Surgery Patients: Emphasis on Mobile Technology

Dale S Bond  1 , J Graham Thomas  1
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Review

Measurement and Intervention on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours in Bariatric Surgery Patients: Emphasis on Mobile Technology

Dale S Bond et al. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviours (SB-i.e. activities involving low-energy expenditure and a sitting/reclining posture) may each have significant implications for weight loss and other bariatric surgery outcomes. While early studies suggested that patients typically comply with clinical recommendations to adopt habitual PA, these data were based on retrospective questionnaires. Conversely, recent studies incorporating mobile health (mHealth) technologies (e.g. objective monitors), which assess PA and SB in real time and in the natural environment, show that most patients are inactive and highly sedentary pre-operatively and only make modest changes in these behaviours postoperatively. In addition to using mHealth technologies for obtaining accurate and detailed information on PA and SB, they are increasingly being employed to intervene on patients' PA and SB and/or evaluate intervention outcomes. Researchers and clinicians are encouraged to consider the benefits of using mHealth technology when studying and treating PA and SB in bariatric surgery patients.

Keywords: bariatric surgery; mobile health (mHealth); objective monitors; physical activity; sedentary behaviour.

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B-MOBILE Smartphone Dashboard for Intervention and Feedback on Sedentary and Non-Sedentary Time
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