Segar, Michelle L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-9558
Updegraff, John A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1128-3715
McGhee-Dinvaut, Alexis https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5007-1104
Taber, Jennifer M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3285-4871
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kent State University’s Healthy Communities Research Institute (Grant number 2022-HCRISG-02)
Kent State University’s Healthy Communities Research Institute (Grant number 2022-HCRISG-02)
Kent State University’s Healthy Communities Research Institute (Grant number 2022-HCRISG-02)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Change Date: 9 March 2026
Change Type: Update
Change Details: Following the article's publication, figure 1 was updated.
Declarations
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: In adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki’ ‘ethics approval and consent to participate’ principles, this study was submitted to and approved by Kent State’s Institutional Review Board (#1048), participants received a thorough explanation about the study, and gave informed consent through signing a document before beginning the study.
: Not applicable.
: MLS discloses that she may have competing interests due to having a lifestyle behavior change company out of which she conducts health coaching, consults, trains, writes books, and speaks.There are no other competing interests.