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Chick clique: persuasive technology to motivate teenage girls to exercise

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Tammy Toscos,

Anne Faber,

Shunying An,

Mona Praful GandhiAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1873 - 1878

https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125805

Published: 21 April 2006 Publication History

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We are developing a preventative health cell phone application that helps motivate teenage girls to exercise by exploiting their social desire to stay connected with their peers. We targeted girls because they are more likely to become less active throughout adolescence and are more likely to use dangerous techniques for losing weight. The intent of Chick Clique is to provide information at opportune times in order to modify the behaviors of girls and ultimately lead to improved health habits. Our study investigated how collecting, sharing and comparing personal fitness information impacts activity level and health awareness.

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1. Human-centered computing
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    1. Interaction design process and methods
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DOI:10.1145/1125451

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