Young People’s Attitudes and Motivations Toward Social Media and Mobile Apps for Weight Control: Mixed Methods Study

Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou   ¹ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Zoey Tay   ² , BSc, MSc ;   Jodie Leu   ³ , BSc, MSc ;   Salome Antonette Rebello   ² , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Lisa Te Morenga   ⁴ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Rob M Van Dam   ² , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Michael Ernest John Lean   ⁵ , BS, MD

¹ Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, St Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan

² Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

³ Research School of Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

⁴ Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

⁵ Department of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom