For students and providers, an exchange of ideas onformat, methods, and costs of services would be mostbeneficia
An argument of proposal.
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openurl-ebsco-com.uccs.idm.oclc.org openurl-ebsco-com.uccs.idm.oclc.org
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Costs to students for nutrition services were usuallynominal, and some were free of charge (see Table 3).Weight-management classes showed the greatest varia-bility in cost and size, with classes ranging from fewerthan 10 to more than 25 participants. The number ofsessions also differed-as few as 4 or as many as 10. Atseveral institutions, a refund of the enrollment fee wasoffered as an incentive to attain the desired weight.
These facts show that some proposals for intervention could be easily done for relatively low cost.
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More than three quarters of theschools (78%) reported outreach presentations; 67% of-fered weight-management classes; 67% offered eating-disorders counseling. Education in cholesterol reductionwas the least common offering, provided by only 21%of the schools we surveyed
Should see if I can find the results of these types of resources.
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Such programs arefurther supported by several studies that document col-lege and university students’ lack of accurate nutritionalinformation and their poor eating habits.’
An argument of evaluation, additionally, I should also use these studies its talking about.
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initial sessions on nutrition resulted in requestsfrom 61% of the participants for more information.
This section has data that can help build an argument for proposal. Basically this section states that not only is intervention important for the demographic, but also hypothesizes that interventions would be well received.
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bulimia, cholesterol reduction, dietitians, nutri-tion, peer educators, weight control
Good spread of variety here with many physical health outcomes to consider.
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208 randomly selected
Good sample
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Higher Body Mass Index (BMI) students (BMI > 24) in the intervention group (n = 11) reported lower fat (p = .04), protein (p =.03), and carbohydrate (p = .008) intakes compared with the higher BMI students in the control group (n = 6)
Physical outcomes that I was hoping to find.
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January 1997 to May 1998
Old study, I might exclude this source in my paper if I find a few better, however the subject number is pretty good compared to other diet/exercise related studies.
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Vandelanotte C, Spathonic KM, Eakin EG, Owen N. Website-delivered physical activity interventions: a review of the literature. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33:54-64.
seems like this would be a good additional source if I broaden or change my research to include physical exercise and not just diet.
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Health educators seeking to use apps in programming should pay particular attention to ease of use, cost, and whether or not participants are open to the use of additional features such as social media. Both researchers and practitioners should consider allowing participants an active role in choosing the apps that are used and deciding how they are used, because this group has strong opinions about what is acceptable and will most likely discontinue use if their needs are not met.
A good synopsis of what the researchers deemed most important for a health and fitness app.
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Some participants expressed becoming preoccupied with the app to a level that they felt was unhealthy. Participants talked about feeling as if they needed to eat less because of the app. Others discussed checking the app and logging foods or activities to the point where it became an obsession.
An important caveat, and an interesting additional factor that I would be interesting in researching. I would be interested to find out the best ways to mitigate these negative side effects and if some apps do it better than others.
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The majority of participants utilized the app with a specific goal in mind. The 3 most common goals were physical activity/exercise, nutrition/healthy eating, and weight loss. Over half of the participants indicated having a physical activity/exercise goal such as increasing time or distance when running, learning new exercises, or increasing their fitness level. Participants indicating a nutrition/healthy eating goal made up the majority of the remaining half and they expressed using the app to count calories or see what they were eating. Most of the participants with a goal believed that they met their goal and that the app helped them in achieving it.
A very important paragraph for what I'm looking for. An important element I'm looking for with this research is the way these apps are effective through the use of constant monitoring and gamifying goals.
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I liked MyFitnessPal the most and deemed the other ones ineffective for me was because I can just easily scan things in and it was just easy to track things, easy to put it in. I can create my own foods, I would say probably its accessibility and easiness.
Old information! MyFitnessPal implemented an update where the barcode scanner is now only available with the paid version. I had the paid version for a while but now that I have the free version, I'll usually start typing in what I ate, find the closest match, and adjust the serving to make sure calories are the most accurate measurement I get; however, this method creates high inaccuracy for micronutrients.
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Participants had to be between 18 and 30 years old and have an app on their smartphone related to nutrition, physical activity, or both.
A source where experimental intervention is not involved. While I would like to include a more controlled study, this type of source that can provide qualitative claims about weight loss apps without needing outside implementations has its own benefits.
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The current research has yet to focus on the already established college student user of health and fitness apps, thus leaving a gap in the research.
An indicator that finding more sources may be difficult.
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The 3 most popular types of health and fitness apps are exercise/fitness apps (38%), nutrition/calorie counter apps (31%), and weight loss apps (12%).Citation23
In my paper I would really like to focus on the calorie counting apps, if I do not find enough I might broaden my scope to include "weight loss apps"
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Two distinct groups emerged, those who used apps to support an established behavior and those who used them to adopt a new behavior
Part of the reason I find these apps interesting are their ability to educate, providing skills that apply even after deleting the ap.
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College students are at particularly high risk of weight gain, with estimates between 4 and 9 pounds in the first year of college.
My first mini paper was on the effectiveness on dietary interventions on college students. One of the primary sources I used in that paper was on the topic of the "freshmen 15"... a good paper to back this one.
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