Structured vs. Lifestyle Approaches: 6 Month Physical Activity and Fitness Changes 861

Dunn, Andrea L.; Kampert, James B.; Garcia, M. E.; Kohl, Harold W.; Marcus, B.; Barlow, Carolyn E.; Blair, Steven N.

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“…Furthermore, both of these groups had significant increases in fitness and physical activity at six months, and similar significant decreases in cardiovascular risk factors. '7 38 The intervention described by Cardinal and Sachs3" and by Calfas and colleagues'6 is also indicative of a fourth important trend in personal level interventions, that is the use of different channels for intervention, for example mail mediated interventions and interventions by primary care physicians. Use of these different channels has not been well studied in the past, but new technologies, combined with theoretically driven interventions, will allow us to expand interventions in ways that have not been used in the past.…”

Section: Personal Level Interventions-cognitive and Behavioural Aspectsmentioning

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Getting started--a review of physical activity adoption studies.

Dunn

1996

Br J Sports Med

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The naming of physical inactivity as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease' combined with the high prevalence of physical inactivity in industrialised nations is spurring development of research efforts that examine how to increase physical activity. between 1966 and 1996. Combinations of the following key words were used to develop a comprehensive list. These included exercise, physical activity, primary prevention, intervention, adherence, compliance, leisure activity, evaluation, effectiveness, behaviour, psychology, public health, health promotion, and epidemiology. The search was limited to studies in adults. The rationale for limiting the review to adults is based on evidence that determinants of physical activity differ between children and adults2 and on my belief that adoption of physical activity by children should be a topic for a separate review.Other studies were identified from these references and from existing reviews on determinants of exercise or physical activity. Studies were classified as being either observational studies of populations, examining the question of adoption of physical activity or exercise, or

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Section: Personal Level Interventions-cognitive and Behavioural Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Getting started--a review of physical activity adoption studies.

Dunn

1996

Br J Sports Med

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Structured vs. Lifestyle Approaches: 6 Month Physical Activity and Fitness Changes 861

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