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 ¹ , BA,MSc,PhD,CPsychol ; Wendy Hardeman ^{1, 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, 6, 8} , MD,PhD,FRCGP,FRCP ; Helen Eborall ⁹ , BSc,MSc,PhD

¹ Behavioural Science Group, Primary Care Unit , Department of Public Health and Primary Care , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

² UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) , MRC Epidemiology Unit , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , GB

³ School of Health Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich , GB

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

⁵ NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle, and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit , Leicester , GB

⁶ Diabetes Research Centre , College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology , University of Leicester , Leicester , GB

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

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

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

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