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A Mobile Health Lifestyle Program for Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mobile Health Lifestyle Program for Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

A Mobile Health Lifestyle Program for Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Margaret Allman-Farinelli1 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephanie Ruth Partridge1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kevin McGeechan2 Author Orcid Image ;   Kate Balestracci1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lana Hebden1 Author Orcid Image ;   Annette Wong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Philayrath Phongsavan3 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth Denney-Wilson4 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark F Harris5 Author Orcid Image ;   Adrian Bauman3 Author Orcid Image
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