Developing Mobile Apps for Physical Activity in Low Socioeconomic Status Youth
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Kacie C.A. Blackman, PhD, Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RD, D. Scott McCrickard, PhD, Judith Harlow, MS, Woodrow W. Winchester III, PhD, Jennie L. Hill, PhD, Wen You, PhD, Paul A. Estabrooks, PhD Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Human Nutrition Foods, & Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA; Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School, Roanoke, VA, USA Corresponding Author: [email protected]
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