A Web-Based, Social Networking Physical Activity Intervention for Insufficiently Active Adults Delivered via Facebook App: Randomized Controlled Trial

Carol Maher   ¹ , PhD ;   Monika Ferguson   ¹ , PhD ;   Corneel Vandelanotte   ² , PhD ;   Ron Plotnikoff   ³ , PhD ;   Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij   ⁴ , PhD ;   Samantha Thomas   ⁵ , PhD ;   Karen Nelson-Field   ⁶ , PhD ;   Tim Olds   ¹ , PhD

¹ Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

² Institute for Health and Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Adelaide, Australia

³ Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

⁴ Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

⁵ School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

⁶ Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia