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Capitalizing on Mobile Technology to Support Healthy Eating in Ethnic Minority College Students
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- معلومة اضافية
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- المصدر:
8
- Education Level:
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
- الموضوع:
- الموضوع:
- الرقم المعرف:
10.1080/07448481.2015.1085055
- ISSN:
0744-8481
- نبذة مختصرة :
Objective: To evaluate the capacity of a mobile technology-based intervention to support healthy eating among ethnic minority female students. Participants: Forty-three African American and Hispanic female students participated in a 3-week intervention between January and May 2013. Methods: Participants photographed their meals using their smart phone camera and received motivational text messages 3 times a day. At baseline, postintervention, and 10 weeks after the intervention, participants reported on fruit, vegetable, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Participants were also weighed at baseline. Results: Among participants with body mass index (BMI) =25, fruit and vegetable consumption increased with time (p < 0.01). Among participants with BMI <21, consumption of fruit decreased (p < 0.05), whereas the consumption of vegetables remained stable. No effects were found for sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Conclusion: Mobile technology-based interventions could facilitate healthy eating among female ethnic minority college students, particularly those with higher BMI.
- نبذة مختصرة :
As Provided
- Number of References:
52
- الموضوع:
2016
- الرقم المعرف:
EJ1091223
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