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Engaging Families in Lifestyle Changes through Social Networking by X. WALKER
English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BRL94HBZ | 46 pages | EPUB | 0.60 Mb
Poor diet and lifestyle choices are common risk factors for many diseases. Much research is being done on improving people's lifestyle and wellbeing, with a focus on weight management, exercise and other lifestyle intervention programs, including innovative use of information technologies to address the issue. Current weight management programs (e.g. WeightWatchers1 and JennyCraig2) have extended their service to provide online tools for planning, recording diet and exercise, and tracking goal progress. They also typically offer peer-support to individuals through areas such as bulletin boards and chat rooms. This support, however, is outside the family context and is targeted at individuals (Collinear et al., 2009),