title: Social media and mobile applications in chronic disease prevention and management.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Ospedale San Giuseppe Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castelnuovo
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zoppis
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sicurello
keywords: chronic disease; health promotion; mobile health; prevention; social media; social network