منابع مشابه
-Supported Physical Activity Intervention
Walking and other forms of physical activity have many health benefits, but people often fail to follow through on their own goals of being more active. To address gaps in current understanding of how to design technologysupported physical activity interventions, we conducted a randomized field experiment of a commitment device: making public announcements. In a control condition, weekly commit...
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A physical activity is a key factor contributing to the improvement and maintenance of one's general health. Although this issue is by no means limited to the workplace, it is precisely the work environment that can provide the basis for keeping and reinforcing more health-conscious attitudes and lifestyles, including programs promoting a physical activity. The paper presents an analysis of the...
متن کاملPrescription of physical activity: an undervalued intervention.
356 www.thelancet.com Vol 381 February 2, 2013 In The Lancet, Peter Kokkinos and colleagues add to the large body of work on the benefi ts of physical activity or fi tness for health, by showing an inverse association between fi tness and all-cause mortality in 10 043 individuals with dyslipidaemia. Irrespective of whether patients were prescribed statins, the physically fi ttest participants h...
متن کاملWho participates in physical activity intervention trials?
BACKGROUND Taking a representative snapshot of physical activity intervention trial findings published between 1996 and 2006, we empirically evaluated participant characteristics, response and retention rates, and their associations with intervention settings. METHODS A structured database search identified 5 representative health behavior journals, from which 32 research reports of physical ...
متن کاملSystematic Review Shows Only Few Reliable Studies of Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescents
Introduction. Several studies have pointed to the high prevalence of low levels of physical activity in adolescents, suggesting the need for more effective interventions for this group. The aim of this study was to present evidence of intervention programs for efficacy of physical activity for adolescents. Methods. Surveys in PubMed, SportDiscus, LiLacs, and SciELO databases were conducted usin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.179683