Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults
Background: Increasing intakes of fruits and vegetables intake, in tandem with reducing consumption of energy-dense and nutrient poor foods and beverages are dietary priorities to prevent chronic disease. Although most adults do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, teenagers and young adults tend to...
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2012
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| author | Kerr, Deborah Pollard, Christina Howat, Peter Delp, E. Pickering, M. Kerr, Katherine Dhaliwal, Satvinder Pratt, Iain Wright, Janine Boushey, C. |
| author_facet | Kerr, Deborah Pollard, Christina Howat, Peter Delp, E. Pickering, M. Kerr, Katherine Dhaliwal, Satvinder Pratt, Iain Wright, Janine Boushey, C. |
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| description | Background: Increasing intakes of fruits and vegetables intake, in tandem with reducing consumption of energy-dense and nutrient poor foods and beverages are dietary priorities to prevent chronic disease. Although most adults do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, teenagers and young adults tend to have the lowest intakes. Young adults typically consume a diet which is inconsistent with the dietary recommendations. Yet little is known about the best approaches to improve dietary intakes and behaviours among this group. This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using a mobile device to assess dietary intake, provide tailored dietary feedback and text messages to motivate changes in fruit, vegetable and junk food consumption among young adults. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-321922017-01-30T13:29:40Z Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults Kerr, Deborah Pollard, Christina Howat, Peter Delp, E. Pickering, M. Kerr, Katherine Dhaliwal, Satvinder Pratt, Iain Wright, Janine Boushey, C. Background: Increasing intakes of fruits and vegetables intake, in tandem with reducing consumption of energy-dense and nutrient poor foods and beverages are dietary priorities to prevent chronic disease. Although most adults do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, teenagers and young adults tend to have the lowest intakes. Young adults typically consume a diet which is inconsistent with the dietary recommendations. Yet little is known about the best approaches to improve dietary intakes and behaviours among this group. This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using a mobile device to assess dietary intake, provide tailored dietary feedback and text messages to motivate changes in fruit, vegetable and junk food consumption among young adults. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32192 BioMed Central Ltd fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kerr, Deborah Pollard, Christina Howat, Peter Delp, E. Pickering, M. Kerr, Katherine Dhaliwal, Satvinder Pratt, Iain Wright, Janine Boushey, C. Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title | Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title_full | Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title_fullStr | Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title_short | Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| title_sort | connecting health and technology (chat): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32192 |