Capitalizing on mobile technology to support healthy eating in ethnic minority college students
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the capacity of a mobile technology-based intervention to support healthy eating among ethnic minority female students. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-three African American and Hispanic female students participated in a 3-week intervention between January and May 2013. METHODS: Participants photographed their meals using their smart phone camera and received motivational text messages 3 times a day. At baseline, postintervention, and 10 weeks after the intervention, participants reported on fruit, vegetable, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Participants were also weighed at baseline. RESULTS: Among participants with body mass index (BMI) ≥25, fruit and vegetable consumption increased with time (p < .01). Among participants with BMI <21, consumption of fruit decreased (p < .05), whereas the consumption of vegetables remained stable. No effects were found for sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. CONCLUSION: Mobile technology-based interventions could facilitate healthy eating among female ethnic minority college students, particularly those with higher BMI.
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Female ethnic minority college students ate more servings of fruit when they received motivational text messages.
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- Authors
- Rodgers, R. F., Pernal, W., Matsumoto, A., Shiyko, M., Intille, S., & Franko, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Northeastern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rodgers, Rachel F.
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-12-02
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 125-132
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
- OpenAlex
- W2267911643
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
- Keywords
- mobile health intervention, healthy eating, ethnic minority college students, African American women, Hispanic women, fruit and vegetable intake, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, body mass index
- MeSH terms
- Smartphone, Diet, Healthy, Black or African American, Feeding Behavior, Female, Health Promotion, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Minority Groups, New England, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Universities, Cohort Studies, Body Mass Index, Risk Assessment, Young Adult
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