Determined the effects of patient education and counseling interventions compared with
current recommended care on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical activity (PA). 395 …

The Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) is a multicenter, randomized controlled trial to evaluate
the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in the primary health care …

LOW LEVELS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS ARE AS-sociated with a 2-fold
increase in risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. 1, 2 The cardiovascular and …

Introduction: The Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) was designed to compare the effectiveness
of physician advice alone with physician advice plus behavioral counseling, provided by …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the physical activity (PA) counseling literature in primary care in
order to identify which intervention provider has been used to date and their relative …

The aim of the project was to reach inactive people through primary care offices and
motivate them to become more active for health purposes. Physical activity questionnaires …

Purpose: To determine whether counseling adults in primary care settings improves and
maintains physical activity levels. Data Sources: The Cochrane Database of Systematic …

Background: It is increasingly well documented that physical activity (PA) is a key preventive
behavior and that visits to a physician provide an important opportunity for advice and …

Primary health-care providers have been encouraged to counsel their patients about regular
physical activity, but there are significant barriers to effective counseling. In this study a …

This statement summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
recommendations on counseling by primary care physicians to promote physical activity and …