Encouraging Physical Activity in Teens Can technology help reduce barriers to physical activity in adolescent girls?

Tammy Toscos; Anne Faber; Kay  Connelly; Adity Mutsuddi Upoma

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Encouraging Physical Activity in Teens Can technology help reduce barriers to physical activity in adolescent girls?

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2782,
    author={Tammy Toscos and Anne Faber and Kay  Connelly and Adity Mutsuddi Upoma},
    title={Encouraging Physical Activity in Teens Can technology help reduce barriers to physical activity in adolescent girls?},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={persuasive technology; fitness; physical activity; activity-based applications; mobile phone.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2782}
}

Tammy Toscos
Anne Faber
Kay Connelly
Adity Mutsuddi Upoma
Year: 2008
Encouraging Physical Activity in Teens Can technology help reduce barriers to physical activity in adolescent girls?
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2782

Tammy Toscos¹, Anne Faber¹, Kay Connelly¹, Adity Mutsuddi Upoma¹

1: School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

Abstract

Physical activity levels of girls decline dramatically during adolescence and may be a contributor to the increasing number of obese teens in the United States. Research has shown that social support is positively correlated with physical activity levels in adolescents, particularly girls. We present the findings from a three week field study of a mobile phone application designed to create a support group for physical activity within an existing social network of adolescent girls. Our findings suggest design considerations for technologies that encourage physical activity for this user group.

Keywords: persuasive technology; fitness; physical activity; activity-based applications; mobile phone.

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2782