Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/71472, first published .
An Early-Stage Digital Therapeutic Intervention to Enhance Affective Response During Physical Activity Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: Benchmark-Driven Formative Testing Study

An Early-Stage Digital Therapeutic Intervention to Enhance Affective Response During Physical Activity Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: Benchmark-Driven Formative Testing Study

An Early-Stage Digital Therapeutic Intervention to Enhance Affective Response During Physical Activity Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: Benchmark-Driven Formative Testing Study

Rachel Crosley-Lyons   1 , MS ;   Lori Hatzinger   1 , MS ;   Micaela Hewus   1 , MPH ;   Wei-Lin Wang   1 , PhD ;   Delfien Van Dyck   2 , PhD ;   Jimi Huh   1 , PhD ;   Eric Hekler   3, 4 , PhD ;   Genevieve F Dunton   1, 5 , MPH, PhD

1 Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

2 Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

3 Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

4 Center for Wireless & Population Health Systems, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

5 Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rachel Crosley-Lyons, MS
  • Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
  • Keck School of Medicine
  • University of Southern California
  • 1845 N Soto Street
  • Los Angeles, CA 90032
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 3175187670
  • Email: rclyons@usc.edu