Changes in physical activity, weight and wellbeing outcomes among attendees of a weekly mass participation event: a prospective 12-month study | Zendy

Clare Stevinson | Zendy; Mary Hickson | Zendy

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Changes in physical activity, weight and wellbeing outcomes among attendees of a weekly mass participation event: a prospective 12-month study

Author(s) -

Clare Stevinson,

Mary Hickson

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdy178

Subject(s) - overweight , attendance , body mass index , happiness , physical activity , weight loss , gerontology , medicine , physical fitness , demography , psychology , public health , obesity , physical therapy , social psychology , nursing , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth

Mass participation events are recognized as a way of engaging low-active individuals in health-enhancing physical activity, but there is a need to investigate the sustained effects on behaviour and health. This study aimed to examine changes in self-reported physical activity, weight and wellbeing over 12 months in participants of parkrun, a weekly mass participation 5 km running event.

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