Planned development and evaluation protocol of two versions of a web-based computer-tailored nutrition education intervention aimed at adults, including cognitive and environmental feedback.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite decades of nutrition education, the prevalence of unhealthy dietary patterns is still high and inequalities in intake between high and low socioeconomic groups still exist. Therefore, it is important to innovate and improve existing nutrition education interventions. This paper describes the development, design and evaluation protocol of a web-based computer-tailored nutrition education intervention for adults targeting fruit, vegetable, high-energy snack and fat intake. This intervention innovates existing computer-tailored interventions by not only targeting motivational factors, but also volitional and self-regulation processes and environmental-level factors.

Methods/design

The intervention development was guided by the Intervention Mapping protocol, e

SUBMITTER: Springvloet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3915224 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature