Published on in Vol 16 , No 6 (2014) :June

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Gina Merchant 1 , MA ;   Nadir Weibel 2 , PhD ;   Kevin Patrick 1 , MD, MS ;   James H Fowler 3 , PhD ;   Greg J Norman 1 , PhD ;   Anjali Gupta 4 , MS, MBA ;   Christina Servetas 4 , RD, MPH ;   Karen Calfas 1 , PhD ;   Ketaki Raste 4 , BS ;   Laura Pina 2 , MS ;   Mike Donohue 1 , PhD ;   William G Griswold 2 , PhD ;   Simon Marshall 1 , PhD

1 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2 , Department of Family and Preventive Medicine , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

2 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2 , Department of Computer Science and Engineering , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

3 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2 , Department of Medicine, School of Medicine , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

4 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2 , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

Corresponding Author:

  • Gina Merchant , MA
  • Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2
  • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
  • University of California San Diego
  • Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, Calit2, 6th Floor, Room 6105
  • 9500 Gilman Drive #0436
  • La Jolla , CA
  • US
  • Phone: 1 858-246-1371
  • Email: gmerchant@ucsd.edu