DJ McDonough, Kinesiology PhD candidate and research fellow under School of Kinesiology associate professor, Zan Gao,PhD, recently published a manuscript in the, British Journal of Sports Medicine (Impact Factor: 12.68) entitled, “Health wearable devices for weight and BMI reduction in individuals with overweight/obesity and chronic comorbidities: systematic review and network meta-analysis.”

Co-authors included recent School of Kinesiology graduate, Xiwen Su, and Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL) director, Zan Gao, PhD. The publication also acknowledged the University of Minnesota’s kinesiology librarian, Scott Marsalis, for his contribution in developing the initial search strategy for this systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The authors used network meta-analysis to analyze the comparative effectiveness of different health wearable-based physical activity promotion intervention strategies against each other and control conditions for reducing body weight and BMI in patients with overweight/obesity, including those with chronic, weight-associated comorbidities.

The study was selected for a press release by the British Medical Journals (BMJ) and has been covered by news media outlets across the globe in countries like the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and the United States.

Read the full manuscript here.