The role of social support in obesity online health communities. A literature review

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Lara Martin-Vicario, L. Gómez-Puertas
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Abstract

In the treatment of obesity, social support is considered key to successful weight loss and behavioural change, and online health communities to complement obesity treatment programmes have been shown to increase obesity treatment effectiveness. This study reviews the latest literature regarding how social support provided through an online health community can help people tackle obesity, identifying the different effects of social support on online health community members, specifically, the promotion of behavioural change and increased self-efficacy. This study also reveals how the recent literature points to both a direct and indirect relationship between social support in online health communities for obesity treatment and actual weight loss. This review is likely to provide useful insights to both healthcare professionals and social platform developers.
社会支持在肥胖在线健康社区中的作用。文献综述
在肥胖治疗中,社会支持被认为是成功减肥和行为改变的关键,而在线健康社区补充肥胖治疗方案已被证明可提高肥胖治疗效果。本研究回顾了通过在线健康社区提供的社会支持如何帮助人们解决肥胖问题的最新文献,确定了社会支持对在线健康社区成员的不同影响,特别是促进行为改变和提高自我效能感。这项研究还揭示了最近的文献如何指出在线健康社区中对肥胖治疗的社会支持与实际体重减轻之间的直接和间接关系。这篇综述可能会为医疗保健专业人员和社交平台开发人员提供有用的见解。
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发文量
4
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: Review of Communication Research will publish an annual volume with comprehensive and authoritative reviews of the current state of the main topics and the most significant developments in the field of Communication. These comprehensive critical reviews will summarize the latest advances in the field, but also will root out errors and will provoke intellectual discussions among scholars. The journal seeks both evaluative (theorical) and quantitative (meta-analysis) papers that make a state of the art of issues in scientific communication. Integrative review articles that connect different areas of research are of special interest.
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