Tweet for health: using an online social network to examine temporal trends in weight loss-related posts

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 160-166

  Turner McGrievy, Gabrielle M ^a   Beets, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Informatics; Social networks; Social support; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIET; FITNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUMMER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 84930205327     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0308-1     Document Type: Article

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