Automatic, wearable-based, in-field eating detection approaches for public health research: a scoping review

BM Bell, R Alam, N Alshurafa, E Thomaz… - NPJ digital …, 2020 - nature.com
Dietary intake, eating behaviors, and context are important in chronic disease development,
yet our ability to accurately assess these in research settings can be limited by biased …

Key facets to build up eHealth and mHealth interventions to enhance physical activity, sedentary behavior and nutrition in healthy subjects–an umbrella review

J Fiedler, T Eckert, K Wunsch, A Woll - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Electronic (eHealth) and mobile (mHealth) health interventions can provide a
large coverage, and are promising tools to change health behavior (ie physical activity …

Temporal variability in quantitative human gut microbiome profiles and implications for clinical research

D Vandeputte, L De Commer, RY Tito… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
While clinical gut microbiota research is ever-expanding, extending reference knowledge of
healthy between-and within-subject gut microbiota variation and its drivers remains …

Using electronic health records to generate phenotypes for research

SA Pendergrass, DC Crawford - Current protocols in human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic health records contain patient‐level data collected during and for clinical care.
Data within the electronic health record include diagnostic billing codes, procedure codes …

Population mobility data provides meaningful indicators of fast food intake and diet-related diseases in diverse populations

AL Horn, BM Bell, BG Bulle Bueno, M Bahrami… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
The characteristics of food environments people are exposed to, such as the density of fast
food (FF) outlets, can impact their diet and risk for diet-related chronic disease. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Fitbit devices in physical activity intervention studies across the life course: narrative review

RG St Fleur, SM St George, R Leite… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Commercial off-the-shelf activity trackers (eg, Fitbit) allow users to self-monitor
their daily physical activity (PA), including the number of steps, type of PA, amount of sleep …

The East Asian gut microbiome is distinct from colocalized White subjects and connected to metabolic health

QY Ang, DL Alba, V Upadhyay, JE Bisanz, J Cai… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
East Asians (EAs) experience worse metabolic health outcomes compared to other ethnic
groups at lower body mass indices; however, the potential role of the gut microbiota in …

Using wearables and machine learning to enable personalized lifestyle recommendations to improve blood pressure

PH Chiang, M Wong, S Dey - IEEE Journal of Translational …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: Blood pressure (BP) is an essential indicator for human health and is known to
be greatly influenced by lifestyle factors, like activity and sleep factors. However, the degree …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diet behaviour among UK adults: a longitudinal analysis of the HEBECO study

SJ Dicken, JJ Mitchell, J Newberry Le Vay… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 pandemic restrictions impacted dietary habits during the initial months of the
pandemic, but long-term effects are unclear. In this longitudinal study, self-selected UK …

Adaptive, behavioral intervention impact on weight gain, physical activity, energy intake, and motivational determinants: results of a feasibility trial in pregnant women …

DS Downs, JS Savage, DE Rivera, AM Pauley… - Journal of behavioral …, 2021 - Springer
Interventions have modest impact on reducing excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) in
pregnant women with overweight/obesity. This two-arm feasibility randomized control trial …