Exploring Intended and Unintended Reactions to Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Advertisements: An Online Experiment.

Michelle I Jongenelis Helen Gwenda DixonMaree ScullyBelinda Morley

Published in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2022)

Overall, HWLC advertisements performed favorably compared with the control advertisement and showed no clear evidence of adverse impacts. Findings suggest HWLC advertisements may not promote negative psychological and behavioral consequences and can continue to be used in obesity prevention efforts.

Keyphrases

weight loss
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
physical activity
insulin resistance
type diabetes
body mass index
cardiovascular disease
quality improvement
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue
sleep quality
emergency department
body weight
drug induced