The current obesity epidemic and inactive lifestyles of many Americans lead to health problems for millions of Americans and in turn, millions of dollars in medical bills. One aspect of this problem is the lack of physical activity that people engage in. Self-monitoring techniques have been used in the past to increase physical activity. However, there has not been a systematic review of the literature on this research to date. Furthermore, as technology that is user-friendly and assists in self-monitoring physical activity becomes more available to the public, it is important to investigate its use when used in conjunction with self-monitoring. The purpose of this review was to determine how self-monitoring techniques and technology have been applied to increase physical activity across multiple populations. A systematic review of the literature identified 19 articles. Results indicated that the majority of studies used more than one type of self-monitoring intervention. The most popular type of technology used with self-monitoring were fitness trackers. Future research should continue to examine the most effective methodologies that produce lasting behavior change in physical activity.

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使用自我监测和技术来增加身体活动：文献回顾

许多美国人当前的肥胖流行和不活跃的生活方式导致数百万美国人的健康问题，进而导致数百万美元的医疗费用。这个问题的一个方面是人们缺乏身体活动。过去曾使用自我监控技术来增加身体活动。然而，迄今为止，尚未对有关该研究的文献进行系统回顾。此外，随着用户友好且有助于自我监测身体活动的技术越来越为公众所用，调查其与自我监测结合使用时的使用情况很重要。本次审查的目的是确定如何应用自我监测技术和技术来增加多个人群的身体活动。对文献的系统回顾确定了 19 篇文章。结果表明，大多数研究使用了一种以上的自我监测干预. 用于自我监控的最受欢迎的技术类型是健身追踪器。未来的研究应该继续研究在身体活动中产生持久行为改变的最有效方法。