The prevalence of obesity has increased in the United over the past 20 years. Data from the
Center for Disease Control (CDC) has indicated that in 1994 (the first year that data were …

ABSTRACT WYATT, HR, JC PETERS, GW REED, M. BARRY, and JO HILL. A Colorado
Statewide Survey of Walking and Its Relation to Excessive Weight. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc …

All participants provided written informed consent to participate in this study, and
Institutitonal Review Board approval was obtained. In the main trial, participants were …

BACKGROUND.: Despite evidence that 'walking for pleasure'represents the most common
leisure-time physical activity, the exercise intensity associated with 'walking for pleasure'in …

Walking during weight reduction leads to modest weight loss, abdominal fat loss, and total
fat loss. The response is barely observable at a prescribed level of 150–200 min/wk. Hence …

We evaluated the effect of added weight load on exercise oxygen consumption (VO 2) and
heart rate (HR) in 13 cardiac rehabilitation patients (age 66, VO 2 max= 27 mL/kg/min). Each …

Several epidemiological studies have shown a clear association between inactivity and a
higher risk of mortality, in particular from coronary heart disease (CHD)[Blair et al. 1989; Brill …

Level and incline backward treadmill walking techniques are used in the rehabilitation of
certain lower extremity injuries (eg., anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction). Of interest to …

Invited Commentary on:'Gait and increased body weight (potential implications for
musculoskeletal disease)', Sheehan and Gormley. Obesity is partly attributable to a low level …

A simple walking test was developed with 159 (females= 80, males= 79) healthy 20-65-year-
old subjects. All the subjects first walked the distances of 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 km on a flat dirt …