Usability and Feasibility of PmEB: A Mobile Phone Application for Monitoring Real Time Caloric Balance

Tsai, Christopher C.; Lee, Gunny; Raab, Fred; Norman, Gregory J.; Sohn, Timothy; Griswold, William G.; Patrick, Kevin

doi:10.1007/s11036-007-0014-4

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“…Increasing involvement with nutrition together with selfefficacy may also be a promising way of increasing the effect of nutrition knowledge on behaviour (36) . An alternative (and potentially cost-effective) approach to education is the provision of intelligent multimedia tools that utilise 'just-in-time' prompting strategies and self-monitoring programmes (37,38) . Yet another solution may be to implement policies that change the way that nutrition information is communicated, which may also enable individuals to monitor and moderate their energy intake more effectively.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Perceptions of portion size and energy content: implications for strategies to affect behaviour change

Brindal

Wilson

Mohr

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess Australian consumers' perception of portion size of fast-food items and their ability to estimate energy content. Design: Cross-sectional computer-based survey. Setting: Australia. Subjects: Fast-food consumers (168 male, 324 female) were asked to recall the items eaten at the most recent visit to a fast-food restaurant, rate the prospective satiety and estimate the energy content of seven fast-food or 'standard' meals relative to a 9000 kJ Guideline Daily Amount. Nine dietitians also completed the energy estimation task. Results: Ratings of prospective satiety generally aligned with the actual size of the meals and indicated that consumers perceived all meals to provide an adequate amount of food, although this differed by gender. The magnitude of the error in energy estimation by consumers was three to ten times that of the dietitians. In both males and females, the average error in energy estimation for the fast-food meals (females: mean 3911 (SD 1998) kJ; males: mean 3382 (SD 1957) kJ) was significantly (P , 0?001) larger than for the standard meals (females: mean 2607 (SD 1623) kJ; males: mean 2754 (SD 1652) kJ). In women, error in energy estimation for fast-food items predicted actual energy intake from fast-food items (b 5 0?16, P , 0?01). Conclusions: Knowledge of the energy content of standard and fast-food meals in fast-food consumers in Australia is poor. Awareness of dietary energy should be a focus of health promotion if nutrition information, in its current format, is going to alter behaviour.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Perceptions of portion size and energy content: implications for strategies to affect behaviour change

Brindal

Wilson

Mohr

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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“…For instance, the National Institute of Health reported the unveiling of SmokefreeTXT, a mobile application designed to help teens quit smoking (Daniels, 2012). Intervention studies have shown great potential of mobile-phone apps to lead to positive health outcomes (e.g., increased physical activity) (Ahtinen et al, 2009;Tsai et al, 2007). For example, one study also found that gamification and interactivity in a mobile application for adolescents with type 1 diabetes led to improvement in blood glucose monitoring among participants (Cafazzo, Casselman, Hamming, Katzman, & Palmert, 2012).…”

Section: Digital Health Information and Behavior Changementioning

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Teens, Health and Technology: A National Survey

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Montague

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In the age of digital technology, as teens seem to be constantly connected online, via social media, and through mobile applications, it is no surprise that they increasingly turn to digital media to answer their health questions. This study is the first of its kind to survey a large, nationally-representative sample of teens to investigate how they use the newest digital technologies, including mobile apps, social networking sites, electronic gaming and wearable devices, to explore health topics. The survey covered the types of health topics teens most frequently search for, which technologies they are most likely to use and how they use them, and whether they report having changed their behaviors due to digital health information. In addition, this survey explores how the digital divide continues to impact adolescents. Results of this study indicate that teens are concerned about many health issues, ranging from fitness, sexual activity, drugs, hygiene as well as mental health and stress. As teens virtually always have a digital device at their fingertips, it is clear that public health interventions and informational campaigns must be tailored to reflect the ways that teens currently navigate digital health information and the health challenges that concern them most.

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“…Some applications only focus on tracking food (e.g., GoMeals, 1 LiveStrong.com's MyPlate, 2 POND [3]), while others include food tracking as a component of a more comprehensive wellness system that also includes tracking of physical activity (e.g., [14,26,90]; Jawbone UP, 3 MyFitnessPal 4 ) and other health-related metrics (e.g., [1,87]; Calorie Counter PRO 5 ).…”

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“…If done regularly, this type of tracking results in a complete and detailed log of everything the user has consumed, making it easier to understand one's eating patterns and weight changes. This is a common approach with commercial food tracking applications, such as LoseIt, 7 Jawbone UP and MyPlate, as well as several research applications, such as PmEB [90] and BALANCE [26].…”

Section: Tracking Individual Food Items Via a Databasementioning

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Designing for Healthy Lifestyles: Design Considerations for Mobile Technologies to Encourage Consumer Health and Wellness

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Klasnja

McDonald

et al. 2012

FNT in Human–Computer Interaction

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Usability and Feasibility of PmEB: A Mobile Phone Application for Monitoring Real Time Caloric Balance

Cited by 209 publications

References 19 publications

Perceptions of portion size and energy content: implications for strategies to affect behaviour change

Perceptions of portion size and energy content: implications for strategies to affect behaviour change

Teens, Health and Technology: A National Survey

Designing for Healthy Lifestyles: Design Considerations for Mobile Technologies to Encourage Consumer Health and Wellness

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