Each teen receives an average of 3,417 text messages per month or 114 texts daily. Prevention that high school students’ consumption of fruits and vegetables is, on an average, 1.2 times per day and it makes sense to start using text messages to promote health among teens. In order to inform and motivate teens, text messages should address the reality of today’s adolescent lifestyles.The ubiquity
of mobile phone use among adolescents offers an engaging, youth-friendly avenue through which to promote healthy behaviours.”
This study demonstrates a novel way in which to engage adolescents
in “conversations” about health using a familiar communication
method — that is in 160 characters or less!
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