Design and Development of a Digital Weight Management Intervention (ToDAy): Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Tailored Diet and Activity (ToDAy) study aims to build on the campaign by adding a digital intervention with the potential to provide wide-reaching, cost-effective weight management support.

Objective

The ToDAy study aims to build a tailored intervention using mobile technology to improve diet and physical activity behaviours in adults with overweight and obesity. The main objectives were to identify behavior change techniques for diet and physical activity (PA) change for weight loss and explore preferences for digital intervention features that would be effective in changing diet and PA behaviors.

Methods

This qualitative study uses the principles of a person-based approach to intervention development; the behavioral intervention technology framework;

SUBMITTER: Shoneye CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511863 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature