Physical activity behavior change: issues in adoption and maintenance.
Health Psychol
; 19(1S): 32-41, 2000 Jan.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10709946
ABSTRACT
The many benefits of participation in regular moderate- or vigorous-intensity physical activity are well established, yet more than 60% of the population is sedentary or insufficiently active. Published studies have revealed that behavior modification and cognitive-behavior modification can be successfully used to assist patients, healthy adults, and youth in the adoption of physically active lifestyles. However, few studies with adults and youth have examined the maintenance of physical activity behavior beyond 6 months of adoption of this behavior. Maintenance of physical activity is critically important because ongoing participation in the behavior is necessary to sustain health benefits. Knowledge of effective intervention strategies for long-term maintenance of physical activity is at an early stage. The authors provide a summary of what is known about the maintenance of physical activity behavior in adults and youth and how physical activity behavior relates to other health behaviors such as smoking, as well as recommendations for research on physical activity behavior change and maintenance.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Comportamental
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Exercício Físico
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos