Table 1.

NoObesity Professional app functional overview.

App function	Purpose	Outcome
How to help families	This function enables the professional to follow a family (through a story), where the family comes into contact with a number of different health care workers. The tasks for the professional are as follows: Read the section of the story. Score whether the interaction was good. Reflect on whether there were any missed opportunities to talk about health and wellbeing with the family. The app then provides the professional with information on how interactions with the family can be improved for their own practice.	Professionals will have an increased awareness of the potential opportunities that could be missed in supporting families around health and wellbeing. Professionals will be enabled to reflect on their own practice when coming into contact with families. Professionals will see (read) how a Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach can be used for their own practice in supporting families.
Common issues	This function provides some of the common issues professionals face when supporting families around healthy eating, diet, and activity. This function offers professionals with some solutions on how they can overcome the common issues and challenges they face. The solutions are developed with MECC principles, which allow professionals to use MECC skills in supporting families.	Professionals are able to learn about solutions they can use to overcome issues and challenges they are presented with. Professionals are enabled to practice MECC skills, as they support families to overcome issues and challenges.
Healthy challenges & healthy choices	These two functions are developed in the form of games within the app that professionals can play as an approach to learning in a fun way about what makes a healthy diet and what level of physical activity is required to burn off calories.	Professionals will gain knowledge of the Eatwell Plate and physical activity to support families.
Useful links	This function provides links to websites for professionals to access for furthering their own learning and Continuing Professional Development.	Professionals will learn about the resources available on specific aspects of health and wellbeing in order to be better informed on the topic and possible signposting.
Certification	This function encourages professionals to do all of the above as they gain bronze, silver, and gold awards on further exploring the content of the app.	Professionals have used the app to develop their knowledge and skills in supporting the prevention and management of childhood obesity with the families they support.