Mobile Motivation for Health Promotion Among Adolescents

"Throughout the course of the four-week study, the experimental participants will receive one text message each morning related to general nutrition and exercise goals, and an additional goal status update message on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. The goal status update message will ask the participants about the status of attaining their nutrition or physical activity goals. Participants may log their progress toward attaining their goals by using the mobile health dashboard feature on BodiMojo.com from a computer or a web-enabled smartphone to indicate their goal status (still working on it or completed it). Participants will be encouraged, via the text messages, to look at information on the BodiMojo program found on the Bodimojo.com website."

"Once participants randomized to the control group have completed the baseline assessment, they will be asked to write down two health goals with the RA. The same goals will be suggested for this group as for the Intervention group (see Appendix). They will take home a copy of the goals they have set. The participants will be also given a 16-page pamphlet from NIDDK A Guide for Teenagers: Take Charge of Your Health! to take home to read over."