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Using Computer-Tailored Technology to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Review of the Literature and Asian-Pacific Evidence

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Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education

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This chapter reviews the scientific literature on computer-tailored intervention for healthy adults that targeted both physical activity and healthy eating. Systematic literature searches were performed using two databases: PubMed and the Cochrane Library. Articles published in scientific journals were included if they evaluated an intervention for both physical activity and healthy eating, or focused on weight loss, used a randomized design, and measured outcomes after a follow-up period. As a result, 21 publications were identified. Computer-tailored interventions were superior to no intervention. It is unclear whether adding different components to the intervention increases the behavior change. Improving methodological quality of the intervention is needed. Computer-tailored technologies have dramatically grown in the past decade and may have promise in multiple-behavior interventions for health.

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  1. Faculty of Sports & Health Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma Jyonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

    Yukio Yamaguchi, Hideaki Nanba & Noriko Takeda

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  1. Department of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan

    Takashi Muto M.D., Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Public Health and International Health, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Toshitaka Nakahara M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Healthy City Research Center Institute of Health and Welfare, Yonsei University, 234 Maeji-ri, Heungup-myun, Wounju-si, Gangwon-do, 220-710, Republic of Korea

    Eun Woo Nam (Professor) (Professor)

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Yamaguchi, Y., Nanba, H., Takeda, N. (2011). Using Computer-Tailored Technology to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Review of the Literature and Asian-Pacific Evidence. In: Muto, T., Nakahara, T., Nam, E.W. (eds) Asian Perspectives and Evidence on Health Promotion and Education. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53889-9_27

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