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Websites Recommended By Australian Healthcare Practitioners' For Use By Overweight And Obese Adolescents, Rachel Mahncke, Leisa Armstrong

Leisa Armstrong

The general public are increasingly using the Internet to access information to assist in making health related decisions. Given this user demand for electronic health (e-health) technologies, there is a new area of preventative self-care applications emerging globally. E-health is the use of the Internet, mobile devices and other electronic technologies to deliver health care services through “teaching, monitoring (e.g. physiological data), and interaction” (Eysenbach, 2001; Oh, Rizo, Enkin & Jadad, 2005). An area of e-health of interest to this research is in regards to diet and exercise, as well as the ability to provide ongoing online support. Such e-health …