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