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. 2015 Dec 30;6(2):277–284. doi: 10.1007/s13142-015-0382-4

Table 3.

Proportion of the sample interested in components of a Twitter-delivered weight loss intervention, among women of childbearing age who use Twitter, N (%)

Not at all interested A little bit interested Somewhat interested Quite a bit interested Very interested At least somewhat interesteda
Using a mobile app to track diet and exercise 5 (8) 17 (27) 20 (32) 21 (33) 58 (92)
Links to healthy recipes 2 (3) 4 (6) 12 (19) 21 (33) 24 (38) 57 (90)
Having access to a weight loss coach via Twitter 6 (10) 4 (6) 13 (21) 19 (30) 21 (33) 53 (84)
Learning evidence-based weight loss strategies via blog posts 10 (16) 9 (14) 19 (30) 25 (40) 53 (84)
Reading other women’s progress via their tweets 4 (6) 7 (11) 11 (17) 29 (46) 12 (19) 52 (83)
Getting support from other women 4 (6) 10 (16) 10 (16) 24 (38) 15 (24) 49 (78)
Tweeting regularly about progress 8 (13) 10 (16) 19 (30) 15 (24) 11 (17) 45 (71)
Scheduled chats with a coach and other women trying to lose weight 12 (19) 9 (14) 14 (22) 15 (24) 13 (21) 42 (67)
Watching videos of healthy cooking demonstration 11 (18) 12 (19) 16 (26) 10 (16) 13 (21) 39 (63)

Information missing for watching videos of healthy cooking demonstration (n = 1)

aSomewhat, quite a bit, or very interested

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