Using a smartphone application to promote healthy dietary behaviours and local food consumption

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gilliland, Jason ^a   Sadler, Richard ^b   Clark, Andrew ^a   O'Connor, Colleen ^c   Milczarek, Malgorzata ^a   Doherty, Sean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOBILE PHONE; SELF REPORT; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE;

DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84941066890     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/841368     Document Type: Article

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