Table 3.

Distribution of included studies according to specific contexts of use of social media in intervention studies (N=34).

Contexts of use of social media		Number of studies	Studies
Weight management
	Weight loss	12	[41,44,52,54,56,59,60,72,84,87,88,93]
	Weight loss and weight management	2	[82,83]
	Prevention of weight gain	3	[55,63,75]
	Prevention of pediatric obesity	1	[76]
	Prevention of excessive gestational weight gain	2	[79,92]
Healthy diet		4	[18,50,58,66]
Continuing professional education		3	[47,78,80]
Diabetes management		2	[64,77]
Healthy lifestyle		2	[37,48]
Cancer management		1	[40]
Cardiovascular disease prevention		1	[43]
Metabolic syndrome prevention		1	[42]