The Norwegian Healthy Life Centre Study: A pragmatic RCT of physical activity in primary care.
CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed that the intervention had no short-term effect on time spent on MVPA or sedentary. This study does not support a strong emphasis on behaviour change on an individual level as a way of targeting general health and risk reduction at a population level. Although less active people benefitted more from the HLC intervention, the intervention was unable to counteract widening of inequity across educational groups.
PMID: 30074437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samdal GB, Meland E, Eide GE, Berntsen S, Abildsnes E, Stea TH, Mildestvedt T Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research
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