If you got an e-mail with tips on how to eat healthier foods and suggestions on how to exercise more often, do you think you’d be healthier? Some participants in a new study got e-mails with small goals, like eating fruit for a snack three times a week, walking for 10 minutes a day at lunch time, or walking to the store instead of driving. Results show the e-mails can significantly improve diet and exercise by helping people move more, sit less, and make healthier food choices.
Would e-mail intervention help you?
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Eh, maybe. But after awhile I’d start ignoring the emails. I’m guilty of doing that when I subscribe to newsletters, so I don’t think this would be any different.
Who knows? Studies where people got phone calls seemed to help. It’s probably like with a personal trainer. When the training with the trainer stops, almost every person regresses. Anyone can stay dry in the eye of the hurricane. It’s in the hurricane that we are tested.