Pedometers and brief e-counseling: increasing physical activity for overweight adults.
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.
VanWormer
Jeffrey J
JJ
HealthPartners Center for Health Promotion, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440, USA. jeff.j.vanwormer@healthpartners.com
D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss