Background Retirement from work involves significant lifestyle changes and may represent
an opportunity to promote healthier eating patterns in later life. However, the effectiveness of …

The purpose of this review was to determine the degree to which physical activity
interventions for Latin American populations reported on internal and external validity factors …

Background Multiple health behavior change can ameliorate adverse effects of cancer.
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a multiple health behavior …

Background Sitting, particularly in prolonged, unbroken bouts, is widespread within the
office workplace, yet few interventions have addressed this newly-identified health risk …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a telephone-delivered behavioral weight loss
and physical activity intervention targeting Australian primary care patients with type 2 …

Background Telephone-based counseling is an efficacious intervention strategy for
maintaining leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) intentions and increasing LTPA behavior …

Latina women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at elevated risk for type 2
diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Few primary prevention programs are …

Health behaviors play a strong role in shaping population health outcomes for most major
diseases in the United States, in other developed countries, and, increasingly, in the …

Objective: An automated telehealth counseling system, aimed at inactive midlife and older
adults, was shown previously to achieve 12-month physical activity levels similar to those …

This study examined the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) for increasing physical
activity in aging adults. Eighty-six participants aged 55 years and older were randomly …