Designing for peer involvement in weight management

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 315-324

  Maitland, Julie ^a   Chalmers, Matthew ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Diet; Health; Obesity; Physical activity; Social influence; Social networks; Social support; Weight

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BROAD DEMOGRAPHIC; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT;

NUTRITION;

EID: 79958181018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1978988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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