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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Use of Wearable Technology and Social Media to Improve Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors among College Students: A 12-Week Randomized Pilot Study.

Zachary C Pope, Daheia J Barr-Anderson, Beth A Lewis, Mark A Pereira, Zan Gao

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 14 of them syntheses that 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Digital behaviour change interventions to increase vegetable intake in adults: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zachary C PopeDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. popex157@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8521-4619
Daheia J Barr-AndersonSchool of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 1900 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. barra027@umn.edu.
Beth A LewisSchool of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 1900 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. blewis@umn.edu.
Mark A PereiraDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. perei004@umn.edu.
Zan GaoSchool of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 1900 University Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. gaoz@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6037-0439

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

College students demonstrate poor physical activity (PA) and dietary behaviors. We evaluated the feasibility of a combined smartwatch and theoretically based, social media-delivered health education intervention versus a comparison on improving college students' health behaviors/outcomes. Thirty-eight students (28 female; X

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Social MediaWearable Electronic DevicesAdolescentAdultDietExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMotivationPersonal AutonomyPilot ProjectsSelf EfficacySocial SupportStudentsWeight Lossfacebookhealth behavior changephysiological healthPolar M400theory

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PMID31557812
PMCPMC6801802

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