Effectiveness of a Web- and Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Middle-Aged Males: Randomized Controlled Trial of the ManUp Study

Mitch Duncan   ¹ , PhD ;   Corneel Vandelanotte   ² , PhD ;   Gregory S Kolt   ³ , PhD ;   Richard R Rosenkranz   ⁴ , PhD ;   Cristina M Caperchione   ⁵ ;   Emma S George   ³ , BHlthSc (Hons) ;   Hang Ding   ⁶ ;   Cindy Hooker   ² , BSc ;   Mohan Karunanithi   ⁶ , PhD ;   Anthony J Maeder   ⁷ , PhD ;   Manny Noakes   ⁸ , PhD ;   Rhys Tague   ⁷ ;   Pennie Taylor   ⁸ ;   Pierre Viljoen   ⁹ , PhD ;   W Kerry Mummery   ¹⁰ , PhD

¹ School of Medicine & Public Health, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

² Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Physical Activity Studies, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia

³ School of Science and Health, Unviersity of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁴ Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States

⁵ School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada

⁶ The Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia

⁷ School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

⁸ Animal, Food and Health Sciences, CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia

⁹ Central Queensland University, Mackay, Australia

¹⁰ Faculty of Physical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada