PEDOMETERS AND BRIEF E‐COUNSELING: INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR OVERWEIGHT ADULTS | Zendy

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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.

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