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The application and impact of computer-generated personalized nutrition education: a review of the literature.

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Results point to the conclusion that computer-tailored nutrition education is more likely to be read, remembered, and experienced as personally relevant compared to standard materials, and appears to have a greater impact in motivating people to change their diet.
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This article is published in Patient Education and Counseling.The article was published on 1999-02-01. It has received 372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nutrition Education & Health education.

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Does tailoring matter? Meta-analytic review of tailored print health behavior change interventions.

TL;DR: A meta-analytic review of the literature on tailored print health behavior change interventions found the sample size-weighted mean effect size of the effects of tailoring on health behaviorchange was found to be r = .074.
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A meta-analysis of computer-tailored interventions for health behavior change

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that computer-tailored interventions have the potential to improve health behaviors and suggests strategies that may lead to greater effectiveness of these techniques.
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Scary warnings and rational precautions: A review of the psychology of fear appeals.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of fear arousal on precautionary motivation and action are reviewed and it seems likely that fear arousal is less important in motivating precautionary action than perceptions of action effectiveness and self-efficacy.
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A systematic review of randomized trials on the effectiveness of computer-tailored education on physical activity and dietary behaviors

TL;DR: Overall, there seems to be potential for the application of computer tailoring for promoting healthy diets, but more research is needed to test computer-tailored interventions against other state-of-the-art intervention techniques and to identify the mechanisms underlying successful computer Tailoring.
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Computer-tailored health interventions delivered over the web: Review and analysis of key components

TL;DR: Tailored, self-guided health interventions delivered via the Web to date have involved a great diversity of features and formats and further outcome research is needed to enhance the understanding of how and under what conditions computer-tailoring leads to positive health outcomes in online behavioral interventions.
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