About this resource:
Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Last Reviewed: 2021
Workgroups: Physical Activity Workgroup
Healthy eating and regular physical activity are important ways to help prevent health problems. In this systematic review, the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) found that digital health and phone interventions to promote healthy eating and physical activity can increase these behaviors among college and university students. Interventions used websites, mobile apps, text messages, emails, or phone calls to offer educational information, plus one or more of the following:
- Coaching or counseling from a professional or trained peer
- Self-monitoring to record healthy eating, physical activity, or weight
- Goal setting
- Computer-generated feedback that provides tailored information
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Suggested Citation
Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2021). Nutrition and Physical Activity: Digital Health and Telephone Interventions to Increase Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/nutrition-and-physical-activity-digital-health-and-telephone-interventions-increase-healthy-eating-and-physical-activity-among-students-institutions-higher-education.html.
