Social Support for Weight Loss: Online Friends Versus Real Friends

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Pagoto, Sherry L.
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Presentation
Publication Date
2013-05-08
Keywords
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Communication
Health Information Technology
Health Psychology
Social Psychology and Interaction
Translational Medical Research

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Abstract
This presentation highlights a project which compares the social support and influence experienced by people who use online social networks to the support and influence they experience from in-person friends and family. This presentation was part of the retreat mini-symposium entitled: Smartphones, Sensors, and Social Networks: The New Tools of Health Behavior Change.
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10.13028/1p4w-9z57
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27870
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