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PEDOMETERS AND BRIEF E‐COUNSELING: INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR OVERWEIGHT ADULTS
Author(s) -
VanWormer Jeffrey J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-421
Subject(s) - pedometer , overweight , physical activity , obesity , psychology , physical therapy , physical activity level , gerontology , test (biology) , clinical psychology , medicine , paleontology , biology
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.