NAAREDDY Niveditha, M. Tharun, M. Bhaskar, M. Akhil, SK. Nageena,

Abstract

Lifestyle-related diseases, including obesity and cardiovascular conditions, are some of the major global health challenges brought about by bad dietary habits and physical inactivity. Traditional health interventions, often generalized and without personalization, have been largely ineffective because of low adherence, lack of follow-up, and inability to address behavioral barriers at the individual level. The paper overcomes this limitation using the BCW framework to assess the health practitioner's contribution in enhancing sustainable changes to both physical activity and dietary habits. In short, this paper sets out to develop, enact, and test tailored interventions aimed at influencing capability, opportunity, and motivation, each considered as one of the antecedents to a change of behavior. The novelty of the approach is in the integration of practitioner- led tailored strategies with self-exactable behavior change techniques supported by digital tools to monitor and pr