What kinds of website and mobile phone-delivered physical activity and nutrition interventions do middle-aged men want?

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1070-1083

  Vandelanotte, Corneel ^a   Caperchione, Cristina M ^b   Ellison, Marcus ^a   George, Emma S ^c   Maeder, Anthony ^c   Kolt, Gregory S ^c   Duncan, Mitch J ^a   Karunanithi, Mohanraj ^d   Noakes, Manny ^d   Hooker, Cindy ^a   Viljoen, Pierre ^e   Kerry Mummery, W ^f  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIET; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEENSLAND; CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 84882904358     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.768731     Document Type: Article

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