title: Capitalizing on mobile technology to support healthy eating in ethnic minority college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the capacity of a mobile technology-based intervention to support healthy eating among ethnic minority female students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three African American and Hispanic female students participated in a 3-week intervention between January and May 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants photographed their meals using their smart phone camera and received motivational text messages 3 times a day. At baseline, postintervention, and 10 weeks after the intervention, participants reported on fruit, vegetable, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Participants were also weighed at baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among participants with body mass index (BMI) ≥25, fruit and vegetable consumption increased with time (p < .01). Among participants with BMI <21, consumption of fruit decreased (p < .05), whereas the consumption of vegetables remained stable. No effects were found for sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mobile technology-based interventions could facilitate healthy eating among female ethnic minority college students, particularly those with higher BMI.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.|b Laboratoire de Stress Traumatique, Université Paul Sabatier , Toulouse , France.
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pernal
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Mariya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiyko
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Intille
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franko
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D009511:New England; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: College; ethnicity; healthy eating; mobile technology; nutrition