Using facebook and text messaging to deliver a weight loss program to college students

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-31

  Napolitano, Melissa A ^a   Hayes, Sharon ^a   Bennett, Gary G ^b   Ives, Allison K ^a   Foster, Gary D ^a,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACEBOOK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MONITORING; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876294945     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.107     Document Type: Article

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