This 10-week pilot study tested a peer-delivered multi-modal psycho-social intervention with overweight and obese women and compared fitness and psycho-social outcomes by manipulating the delivery mechanism: in-person versus telephone. Thirty-three overweight or obese women were randomised to fitness ...
Adults born small for gestational age (SGA) present a significantly different regression line and have lower exercise capacity per unit of LV mass than controls (P = .04 for interaction). B, Regression line showing an inverse association between the peak V̇o2 and the quantity of bi...
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Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. 9. Jakicic JM, Winters C, Lang W, Wing RR. Effects of intermittent exercise and use of home exercise equipment on adherence, weight loss, and fitness in overweight women. JAMA.1999;282:...
The Exercise Right for Active Ageing program ran from August 2019 to June 2022, and consisted of 12 subsidised exercise classes, delivered at a frequency of one class per week, over a maximum period of 16 weeks [19]. Participants paid exercise providers $8.00 per class, with ESSA paying pro...
The purpose of this study was to examine prospectively the ability of direct and belief-based measures of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) constructs to predict exercise and diet intention and behavior of overweight women. Participants were 117 overweight, community-dwelling women and university ...
meditation element. Moreover, Tai Chi is widely accepted to be a suitable exercise for older adults13. Recent meta-analyses have suggested that Tai Chi can delay cognitive decline in older adults with MCI14and improve cognitive function in individuals with early stage dementia15. Collectively, Tai...
Over the past few decades the prevalence of obesity and osteoarthritis (OA) have increased [1, 2] and become a greater burden to society. Nearly one-third of all US adults with obesity also have some form of arthritis, with OA being the most common [3]. The increased prevalence of obesi...
No matter how active we’ve been, our bodies are not the same as they were when we were younger. They’ve got miles on them. And like vintage cars, it’s not wise to drive them flat out. Those of us over 50 know we’ve had to make adjustments for our aging muscles and joints....
Although supervised exercise is frequently recommended for older adults, its superiority over unsupervised exercise remains uncertain. Furthermore, whether motivational techniques could help to enhance the effectiveness of the latter remains to be elucid