title: Trust levels of physical activity information sources: a population study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine levels of trust for various sources of physical activity information.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questions from a 2003 nationally representative survey (n=8,291), Obstacles to Action, relating to how much respondents would trust various sources of physical activity information, were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most trusted source of physical activity information was the general practitioner (GP) and the least trusted source was the Internet. High levels of trust were also found for health organisations, dietitians and nurses, while low levels of trust were also found for television, radio, and print media.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The primary care setting continues to be the most trusted source of physical activity information. Those more likely to trust their physician were older adults, those with chronic disease, and the insufficiently active.
authors.affiliation: Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. grant.schofield@aut.ac.nz
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Croteau
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035502:Trust