Chronic disease risks and use of a smartphone application during a physical activity and dietary intervention in Australian truck drivers.
CONCLUSIONS: Step counts were more successfully monitored than dietary choices in those drivers who used the Jawbone UP.
IMPLICATIONS: Smartphone technology facilitated active living and healthy dietary choices, but also prohibited intervention engagement in a number of these high-risk Australian truck drivers.
PMID: 26713400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gilson ND, Pavey TG, Vandelanotte C, Duncan MJ, Gomersall SR, Trost SG, Brown WJ Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research