Open AccessEfficacy of Health Education using Facebook to Promote Healthy Lifestyle among Medical Students in Puducherry, India: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Smrithi Krishnamohan,
P Stalin,
Zile Singh,
Maghida Sridhar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27385.10259
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , randomized controlled trial , obesity , intervention (counseling) , health education , trainer , physical therapy , gerontology , public health , nursing , computer science , programming language
Increasing burden of overweight and obesity among young adults is mainly due to unhealthy lifestyle especially with respect to diet and physical activity. At the same time, younger generations are spending more time with social network sites. Therefore, this study was intended to explore the role of social networking sites in promoting healthy lifestyle.