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Investigating web search strategies and forum use to support diet and weight loss

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m.c. schraefel,

Ryen W. White,

Paul André,

Desney TanAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520579

Published: 04 April 2009 Publication History

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Healthcare is shifting from being reactive to preventive, with a focus on maintaining general wellness through positive decisions on diet, exercise, and lifestyle. In this paper, we investigate search behavior as people navigate the Web and find support for dietary and weight loss plans. Inspecting the Web search logs of nearly 2,000 users, we show that people progressively narrow their searches to support their progress through these plans. Interestingly, people that visit online health forums seem to progress through the plans' phases more quickly. Based on these results, we conducted a survey to further explore the roles and importance of online forums in supporting dieting and weight loss.

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Investigating web search strategies and forum use to support diet and weight loss
1. Applied computing
  1. Life and medical sciences
    1. Consumer health
    2. Health informatics
2. Human-centered computing

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CHI EA '09: CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2009

2470 pages

ISBN:9781605582474

DOI:10.1145/1520340

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Dan R. Olsen
Brigham Young University
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Microsoft Research
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Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research
,
Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Saul Greenberg
University of Calgary

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