Author: Burgermaster Lab
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Extended Reality Technologies in Nutrition Education and Behavior: Comprehensive Scoping Review and Future Directions
Read the full publication here! |Abstract| The use of Extended Reality (XR) (i.e. Virtual and Augmented Reality) for nutrition education and behavior change has not been comprehensively reviewed. This paper presents findings from a scoping review of current published research. Articles (n = 92) were extracted from PubMed and Scopus using a structured search strategy and…
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Adapting the stage-based model of personal informatics for low-resource communities in the context of type 2 diabetes
Click here to keep reading on Science Direct! Growing availability of self-monitoring technologies creates new opportunities for collection of personal health data and their use in personalized health informatics interventions. However, much of the previous empirical research and existing theories of individuals’ engagement with personal data focused on early adopters and data enthusiasts. Less is…
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Dietary sodium restriction for heart failure: A systematic review of intervention outcomes and behavioral determinants
Read the full publication on Science Direct! The 1500 mg/d dietary sodium restriction commonly recommended for patients with heart failure has recently been questioned. Poor adherence to sodium-restricted diets makes assessing the efficacy of sodium restriction challenging. Therefore, successful behavioral interventions are needed. We reviewed sodium restriction trials and descriptive studies of sodium restriction to:…