Given their low cost and the size of the overweight population, it appears that public health policies could integrate digital devices more strongly in their efforts to combat obesity.
Construct a research question and design (quantitative, qualitative or Mixed Methods) for your Ethics application to test the impact of one digital device ( from the list of digital devices in 1.1.1 ) on weight loss in one of the specific groups ( Listed in 1.1.2 ):
1.1.1 Digital devices
Fit Bit
Or
Smart phone with exercise app
1.1.2 Population group who will provide your sample
A selection of university students from Charles Darwin University
Or
A group of 60 to 70 year old women from the Boleroo Bowling Club
Reference : Besson, M., Gurviez, P., & Carins, J. (2020). Using digital devices to help people lose weight: a systematic review. Journal of Social Marketing, 10(3), 289–319. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-07-2019-0115
1.2 How much exercise did those in lockdown get during COVID lockdowns?
Ranasinghe et al. (2020) propose that during a COVID pandemic physical activity should not be ignored but rather maintained since it has several benefits, particularly to the immune system. After identifying a suburb in a large Australian city that has been subjected to lockdowns of over a week three times (you can call it Suburb L3) you are going to do a retrospective project to find out from the residents of L3 if they did engage in any physical activity during lock downs and why/why not; and from those that did/didn’t engage any infectious diseases contracted during that time. You need to recruit as large a sample as possible in an ethically appropriate way, but should focus on a specific age range. The essential steps to help you complete your Ethics application are in the first instance a short literature review that not only provides the reader background information about former research and justification why the project is necessary, and also an in-depth research proposal.
Reference:
Ranasinghe, C., Ozemek, C., & Arena, R. (2020). Exercise and well-being during COVID 19 – time to boost your immunity. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 18(12), 1195–1200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2020.1794818