Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program : The Case of the Middle East
المؤلفون المشاركون
Limam Mansar, Selma
Anggraini, Aysha
Shahzad, Maahd
Jariwala, Shashank
Behih, Nawal
المصدر
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-10، 10ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-01-06
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
10
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic.
Qatar, a rapidly developing country in the Middle East, has seen a sharp increase in the prevalence of obesity.
The increase can be attributed to several reasons, including sedentary lifestyles imposed by a harsh climate and the introduction of Western fast food.
Mobile technologies have been used and studied as a technology to support individuals’ weight loss.
The authors have developed a mobile application that implements three strategies drawn from proven theories of behavioral change.
The application is localized to the cultural context of its proposed users.
The objective of this paper is to present a method through which we adapted the messaging content of a weight loss application to the context of its users while retaining an effective degree of automation.
The adaptation addressed body image, eating and physical exercise habits, and regional/cultural needs.
The paper discusses how surveying potential users can be used to build a profile of a target population, find common patterns, and then develop a database of text messages.
The text messages are automated and sent to the users at specific times of day, as suggested by the survey results.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Limam Mansar, Selma& Jariwala, Shashank& Behih, Nawal& Shahzad, Maahd& Anggraini, Aysha. 2014. Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program : The Case of the Middle East. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488873
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Limam Mansar, Selma…[et al.]. Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program : The Case of the Middle East. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488873
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Limam Mansar, Selma& Jariwala, Shashank& Behih, Nawal& Shahzad, Maahd& Anggraini, Aysha. Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program : The Case of the Middle East. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488873
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-488873
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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