Are Health Behavior Change Interventions That Use Online Social Networks Effective? A Systematic Review

Carol A Maher   ¹ , PhD ;   Lucy K Lewis   ¹ , PhD ;   Katia Ferrar   ² , PhD ;   Simon Marshall   ³ , PhD ;   Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij   ⁴ , PhD ;   Corneel Vandelanotte   ⁵ , PhD

¹ Health and Use of Time Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AU

² Exercise for Health and Human Performance Group, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AU

³ School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, US

⁴ Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, BE

⁵ Institute for Health and Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, AU