Exploring the Relationship Between Changes in Weight and Utterances in an Online Weight Loss Forum: A Content and Correlational Analysis Study

• Main Authors: Hekler, Eric B (Author), Dubey, Gaurav (Author), McDonald, David W (Author), Poole, Erika S (Author), Li, Victor (Author), Eikey, Elizabeth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThere is increasing interest in the use of online forums as a component of eHealth weight loss interventions. Although the research is mixed on the utility of online forums in general, results suggest that there is promise to this, particularly if the systems can be designed well to suppor...