Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Weight Loss Intervention with Telephone Support for Merchant Women With Obesity in Côte d'Ivoire: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Rui Usui   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Maki Aomori   ² , PhD ;   Shogo Kanamori   ³ , PhD, MPH ;   Setsuko Watabe   ¹ , PhD ;   Bi Tra Jamal Sehi   ⁴ , PhD ;   Kei Kawano   ² , MSc ;   Yuka Kanoya   ² , PhD

¹ Department of Nursing, Shonan University of Medical Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

² Nursing Course, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

³ Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

⁴ Department of Human and Social Sciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Univesity, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire