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While eHealth\/mHealth-supported interventions offer a potential scalable solution and have proliferated in recent years, the last evidence synthesis was published in 2018.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Given the wide variation in intervention approaches, we aimed to map current evidence on weight management programs targeting U.S. racial and ethnic minority adults. We sought to understand the e\/mHealth tools used, the extent to which interventions were tailored, and how they addressed barriers and achieved effectiveness in reducing health disparities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We performed a Joanna Briggs Institute\/Preferred Reporting Items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses and related scoping review guidance-guided search of MEDLINE, Cochrane, Embase, CINAHL Plus, and PsycINFO (inception-June 2025) for U.S. English-language studies (&amp;gt;50% minority adults \u226518\u2009y, BMI \u2265 25\u2009kg\/m\u00b2) using electronic\/mobile health (e\/mHealth) for weight management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dual review of 4811 records yielded 51 studies (45 randomized controlled trials (RCTs)). Most studies used smartphone applications, a form of messaging to phones, and\/or wearables (86%; 35\/51) as opposed to other eHealth approaches. Interventions were culturally tailored in 34 studies (67%), yet few used co-design methods with the target population (3\/51).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Interventions that use e\/mHealth show moderate promise for scalable weight management, with available but uneven tailoring. Short-term\/individual designs limit equity and sustainability, especially for underrepresented men and rural groups. Prioritization of co-designed, social determinants of health (SDOH) and theory-grounded (eg, socio-ecological) trials \u226512\u2009months is necessary for scalable, responsive solutions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/abm\/kaag062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T11:48:23Z","timestamp":1788954503000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A scoping review of e\/mHealth interventions for weight management in racial and ethnic minority adults in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"60","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0706-4210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Caroline F","family":"Ajilogba","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, The University of Tennessee , Knoxville, TN 37996,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert 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