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Valparaiso University

2023

Intervention

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A Multimodal Smartphone Application Intervention To Achieve Target Weight Goals In Overweight Adult Diabetics, Michael Thomas Schwuchow May 2023

A Multimodal Smartphone Application Intervention To Achieve Target Weight Goals In Overweight Adult Diabetics, Michael Thomas Schwuchow

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Obesity is the leading risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (American Diabetes Association, 2022). Diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity put individuals at higher risk for developing heart disease, stroke, and hypertension, therefore, it is essential to properly manage both conditions. The purpose of this project is to determine if the implementation of an evidence-based weight loss intervention, MyFitnessPal© will result in reduction in body mass index (BMI) and lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in overweight adults with DM. A comprehensive literature search of six databases, hand searching, and citation chasing yielded 13 pieces of moderate to high quality …