Mobile applications to support dietary change: highlighting the importance of evaluation context

Jill Freyne; Emily Brindal; Gilly Hendrie; Shlomo Berkovsky; Mac Coombe

doi:10.1145/2212776.2223709

Mobile applications to support dietary change: highlighting the importance of evaluation context

Jill Freyne, Emily Brindal, Gilly Hendrie, Shlomo Berkovsky, Mac Coombe

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Abstract

Along with the smart phone came smart phone applications, which range in functionality, complexity and price. Hugely popular are lifestyle applications which include tools for diet and exercise. Despite the popularity of these applications however, we have yet to see any form of rigorous investigation into their value, i.e. their impact on user behaviour and long term health goals. We embarked on a live clinical trial of a behavior based mobile application designed to assist users on meal replacement diet programs to judge its impact and value. Our analysis showed that users were more engaged with a fully interactive application than an information based application, and that varying analysis conditions seemed to result in varying impact.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '12, CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1781-1786
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450310161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2223709
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12) - Austin, United States Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012

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Conference	30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12

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Freyne, J, Brindal, E, Hendrie, G, Berkovsky, S & Coombe, M 2012, Mobile applications to support dietary change: highlighting the importance of evaluation context. in CHI EA '12, CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 1781-1786, 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12), Austin, Texas, United States, 5/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2223709

Mobile applications to support dietary change: highlighting the importance of evaluation context. / Freyne, Jill; Brindal, Emily; Hendrie, Gilly et al.
CHI EA '12, CHI'12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2012. p. 1781-1786.

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