digital intervention

'Minimal interventions' delivered via smartphone drive short-term health behavior changes

By Dave Muoio 03:49 pm October 14, 2019

A new Stanford University-led study has found behavioral interventions such as activity reminders and education prompts delivered through a mobile app led to a significant increase in daily steps taken. “The results of this study show that minimal interventions delivered in a digital format can have a significant effect on physical activity,” the researchers wrote in The Lancet Digital Health. “...

FareWell raises $8.5M for digital coaching weight loss service

By Jonah Comstock 04:09 pm June 23, 2016

San Francisco-based FareWell has raised $8.5 million for an online program aimed at preventing chronic diseases by addressing obesity as a root cause. The funding comes from individual investors including David Perry, the company's cofounder and chairman. “I watched my dad suffer his first heart attack at age 44, followed by multiple open heart surgeries before he died,” Perry said in a press...