Published on in Vol 16, No 6 (2014): June

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Click “Like” to Change Your Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study of College Students’ Exposure to and Engagement With Facebook Content Designed for Weight Loss

Gina Merchant   1 , MA ;   Nadir Weibel   2 , PhD ;   Kevin Patrick   1 , MD, MS ;   James H Fowler   3 , PhD ;   Greg J Norman   1 , PhD ;   Anjali Gupta   4 , MS, MBA ;   Christina Servetas   4 , RD, MPH ;   Karen Calfas   1 , PhD ;   Ketaki Raste   4 , BS ;   Laura Pina   2 , MS ;   Mike Donohue   1 , PhD ;   William G Griswold   2 , PhD ;   Simon Marshall   1 , PhD

1 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

2 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

3 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

4 Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Gina Merchant, MA
  • Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, The Qualcomm Institute/Calit2
  • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
  • University of California San Diego
  • Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, Calit2, 6th Floor, Room 6105
  • 9500 Gilman Drive #0436
  • La Jolla, CA
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 858-246-1371
  • Fax: 1 858-534-9338
  • Email: gmerchant@ucsd.edu