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Trials integrating smartphone use exhibited significantly greater racial minority enrollment than trials that did not.
Incorporating smartphone technology in behavioral weight loss trials may enhance minority participation.
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Results indicated relatively low enrollment of minorities. Trials integrating smartphone use exhibited significantly greater racial minority enrollment than trials that did not.
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The study is a systematic review, which is a high-level evidence type.
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Racial and ethnic minority enrollment in randomized clinical trials of behavioural weight loss utilizing technology: a systematic review
Diane L. Rosenbaum et al. · Obesity Reviews · 2017
DOI 10.1111/obr.12545
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