Published on in Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Jan-Mar

Texting to Increase Physical Activity Among Teenagers (TXT Me!): Rationale, Design, and Methods Proposal

Texting to Increase Physical Activity Among Teenagers (TXT Me!): Rationale, Design, and Methods Proposal

Texting to Increase Physical Activity Among Teenagers (TXT Me!): Rationale, Design, and Methods Proposal

Debbe Thompson   1 , PhD ;   Dora Cantu   1 , MS ;   Riddhi Bhatt   2 , MSW ;   Tom Baranowski   1 , PhD ;   Wendy Rodgers   3 , PhD ;   Russell Jago   4 , PhD ;   Barbara Anderson   5 , PhD ;   Yan Liu   1 , MS ;   Jason A Mendoza   6 , MD ;   Ramsey Tapia   7 ;   Richard Buday   7 , FAIA

1 USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

3 Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

4 Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

5 Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

6 Seattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

7 Archimage, LLC, Houston, TX, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Debbe Thompson, PhD
  • USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
  • Pediatrics
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • 1100 Bates Street
  • Houston, TX, 77030
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 713-798-7076
  • Fax: 1 713-798-7098
  • Email: dit@bcm.edu