Pedometers and brief e-counseling: increasing physical activity for overweight adults |
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Authors: | VanWormer Jeffrey J |
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Institution: | HealthPartners Center for Health Promotion, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA. jeff.j.vanwormer@healthpartners.com |
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Abstract: | Physical inactivity has emerged as a public health epidemic and is associated with the rising obesity rate. A multiple-treatments reversal design was utilized to test whether pedometer-aided self-monitoring and brief e-counseling could help 3 overweight adults increase their physical activity. Dependent measures were taken for pedometer steps and weight. Two participants approximately doubled their daily step totals and lost a modest amount of weight by study end. |
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Keywords: | counseling health pedometer physical activity weight loss |
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