A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program

Katie Morton   ^{1, 2} , BSc,MSc,PhD,CPsychol ;   Stephen Sutton   ² , BA,MSc,PhD,CPsychol ;   Wendy Hardeman   ^{2, 3} , MSc,PhD ;   Jacqui Troughton   ⁴ , BSc,MSc ;   Tom Yates   ^{5, 6} , BSc,MSc,PhD ;   Simon Griffin   ⁷ , FRCGP,DM,DLSHTM,MSc,MBBS,MRCGP ;   Melanie Davies   ^{4, 5, 6} , MB,ChB,MD,FRCP,FRCGP ;   Kamlesh Khunti   ^{4, 5, 8} , MD,PhD,FRCGP,FRCP ;   Helen Eborall   ⁹ , BSc,MSc,PhD

¹ UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

² Behavioural Science Group, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

³ School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

⁴ Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom

⁵ Diabetes Research Centre, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

⁶ NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle, and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester, United Kingdom

⁷ Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

⁸ NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - East Midlands (NIHR CLAHRC- EM), East Midlands, United Kingdom

⁹ Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Universtiy of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom