| Title: | Vegethon – Effect of a mobile app intervention on vegetable consumption in overweight adults: a randomized controlled trial |
| Project Description: | Vegethon is a theory-based, user-informed mobile app that was systematically developed using the IDEAS framework in collaboration with Stanford University. The intervention aims to increase vegetable consumption among overweight adults.
Vegethon enables easy self-monitoring of vegetable consumption and includes a range of features designed to engage the user (e.g., surprise challenges; leaderboard; weekly reports). It includes 18 behaviour change techniques (BCTs) such as goal setting; feedback; social comparison; prompts/cues; framing/reframing; identity. Pilot work suggested that the Vegethon intervention was acceptable, feasible and effective at increasing vegetable intake amongst overweight adults. A subsequent RCT (n= 135) found that daily vegetable consumption was significantly greater in the intervention group (Vegethon app) versus control (waiting list). |
| Project organisation | |
| Start date: | 1st April 2015 |
| End date: | 31st March 2017 |
| Contact person: | Professor Stephen Sutton |
| Contact Details: | Telephone: 01223 330329 E-mail: srs34@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/pcph/research/other-research-groups-within-pcph/start2quit |
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