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ReviewAmerican journal of preventive medicine2007

A review of eHealth interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change.

Gregory J Norman, Marion F Zabinski, Marc A Adams, Dori E Rosenberg, Amy L Yaroch, Audie A Atienza

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Review in American journal of preventive medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 270 papers, 28 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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270citing papers in PubMed, 28 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

270 citing papers in PubMed, 28 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  18. Systematic review and meta-analysis of internet-delivered interventions providing personalized feedback for weight loss in overweight and obese adults.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gregory J NormanDepartment of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. gnorman@paceproject.org
Marion F Zabinski
Marc A Adams
Dori E Rosenberg
Amy L Yaroch
Audie A Atienza

Funding

Multilevel Mechanisms of Physical Activity ChangeR01CA113828 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NORMAN, GREGORY JOHN · 2005 to 2008
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA113828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo review eHealth intervention studies for adults and children that targeted behavior change for physical activity, healthy eating, or both behaviors. DATA SOURCES: Systematic literature searches were performed using five databases: MEDLINE, PsychInfo, CINAHL, ERIC, and the Cochrane Library to retrieve articles. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Articles published in scientific journals were included if they evaluated an intervention for physical activity and/or dietary behaviors, or focused on weight loss, used randomized or quasi-experimental designs, measured outcomes at baseline and a follow-up period, and included an intervention where participants interacted with some type of electronic technology either as the main intervention or an adjunct component. All studies were published between 2000 and 2005.

resultsEighty-six publications were initially identified, of which 49 met the inclusion criteria (13 physical activity publications, 16 dietary behaviors publications, and 20 weight loss or both physical activity and diet publications), and represented 47 different studies. Studies were described on multiple dimensions, including sample characteristics, design, intervention, measures, and results. eHealth interventions were superior to comparison groups for 21 of 41 (51%) studies (3 physical activity, 7 diet, 11 weight loss/physical activity and diet). Twenty-four studies had indeterminate results, and in four studies the comparison conditions outperformed eHealth interventions.

conclusionsPublished studies of eHealth interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change are in their infancy. Results indicated mixed findings related to the effectiveness of eHealth interventions. Interventions that feature interactive technologies need to be refined and more rigorously evaluated to fully determine their potential as tools to facilitate health behavior change.

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ExerciseFeeding BehaviorInternetHealth PromotionHumans

Identifiers

PMID17888860
PMCPMC2180189

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