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Steps that count! : The development of a pedometer-based health promotion intervention in an employed, health insured South African population

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Physical activity (PA) has been identified as a central component in the promotion of health. PA programs can provide a low cost intervention opportunity, encouraging PA behavioral change while worksites have been shown to be an appropriate ...
Pillay Julian D, Kolbe-Alexander Tracy L, Proper Karin I, van Mechelen Willem, Lambert Estelle V   +4 more
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Behavioural interventions to promote physical activity in a multiethnic population at high risk of diabetes: PROPELS three-arm RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of mortality globally and accounts for significant health resource expenditure. Increased physical activity can reduce the risk of diabetes.
Kamlesh Khunti, Simon Griffin, Alan Brennan, Helen Dallosso, Melanie Davies, Helen Eborall, Charlotte Edwardson, Laura Gray, Wendy Hardeman, Laura Heathcote, Joseph Henson, Katie Morton, Daniel Pollard, Stephen Sharp, Stephen Sutton, Jacqui Troughton, Thomas Yates   +16 more
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Whole family-based physical activity promotion intervention: the Families Reporting Every Step to Health pilot randomised controlled trial protocol [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction : Family-based physical activity (PA) interventions present a promising avenue to promote children’s activity, however, high-quality experimental research is lacking.
Brown, Helen, Coombes, Emma, Guagliano, Justin M., Haines, Elizabeth, Hughes, Claire, Jones, Andy, Morton, Katie, Van-Sluijs, Esther   +7 more
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Associations between Objectively Determined Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in Adult Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Biology, 2022
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to qualitatively synthesize and quantitatively assess the evidence of the relationship between objectively determined volumes of physical activity (PA) and cardiometabolic health in women.
Yining Lu, Huw D. Wiltshire, Julien S. Baker, Qiaojun Wang, Shanshan Ying, Jianshe Li, Yichen Lu   +6 more
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'Pedometers cost buttons': the feasibility of implementing a pedometer based walking programme within the community [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2011
Recent studies have suggested that walking interventions may be effective (at least in the short term) at increasing physical activity amongst those people who are the most inactive. This is a leading objective of contemporary public health policy in the UK and worldwide.
Shaw, Rebecca, Fenwick, Elisabeth, Baker, Graham, McAdam, Chloe, Fitzsimons, Claire, Mutrie, Nanette   +5 more
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Higher Mobility Scores in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Are Associated with Better Lung Function

Pulmonary Medicine, 2015
Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine whether mobility and physical activity were associated with lung function in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF). Design.
Aneesha Thobani, Jessica A. Alvarez, Shaina Blair, Kaila Jackson, Eric R. Gottlieb, Seth Walker, Vin Tangpricha   +6 more
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Status of physical activity in the Japanese population

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2012
Physical activity surveillance at a population level is important. The National Health and Nutrition Survey of Japan has been carried out annually, and two kinds of assessments for physical activity are included in the survey: total step counts per day ...
Shigeho Tanaka
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Prospective relationships between body weight and physical activity: an observational analysis from the NAVIGATOR study [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: While bidirectional relationships exist between body weight and physical activity, direction of causality remains uncertain and previous studies have been limited by self-reported activity or weight and small sample size.
Califf, Robert M., Davies, Melanie J., Gill, Jason M. R., Haffner, Steven M., Holman, Rury R., Kraus, William E., McMurray, John J., Preiss, David, Thomas, Laine E., Wojdyla, Daniel M., Yates, Thomas   +10 more
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Physical activity counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD : a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background Pulmonary rehabilitation programs only modestly enhance daily physical activity levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This randomised controlled trial investigates the additional effect of an individual activity
Burtin, Chris, Decramer, Marc, Demeyer, Heleen, Dobbels, Fabienne, Gosselink, Rik, Janssens, Wim, Langer, Daniel, Troosters, Thierry, van Remoortel, Hans   +8 more
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Validation of a leg-mounted pedometer for the measurement of steps in lactating Holstein cows

JDS Communications
The aim of this study was to validate the pedometer AfiAct II (AfiMilk) for the measurement of steps in lactating Holstein cows housed in a freestall design by assessing its agreement with visual observation of step counts. A total of 41 primiparous (n =
J.C.S. Marques, T.A. Burnett, J. Denis-Robichaud, A.M.L. Madureira, R.L.A. Cerri   +4 more
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