Community Fitness Center-Based Physical Activity Interventions

Community fitness center-based physical activity interventions: a brief review.

Sedentary lifestyle is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. A compelling body of evidence demonstrates the amelioration and prevention of such conditions with increased levels of physical activity (PA). Despite this evidence, many public health initiatives aimed at increasing PA have failed to demonstrate clinically relevant effects on public health. It has been hypothesized t...

Community-based physical activity interventions among women: a systematic review

OBJECTIVE Review and assess the effectiveness of community-based physical activity interventions among women aged 18-65 years. DESIGN Systematic review METHODS To find relevant articles, the researcher selected reports published in English between 1 January 2000 and 31 March 2013. Systematic search was to find controlled-trial studies that were conducted to uncover the effect of community-b...

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity.

BACKGROUND Multi-strategic community wide interventions for physical activity are increasingly popular but their ability to achieve population level improvements is unknown. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of community wide, multi-strategic interventions upon population levels of physical activity. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Public Health Group Segment of the Cochrane Regist...

Meta-analysis of fitness outcomes from motivational physical activity interventions.

BACKGROUND Motivational physical activity (PA) interventions are effective in increasing PA behavior among healthy adults; however, the impact of these interventions on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has not yet been examined. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this meta-analysis is to quantitatively synthesize CRF outcomes of motivational PA interventions among healthy adults. METHODS Comprehensive...

School-based physical activity and fitness promotion.