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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare health walks, a community based lay-led walking scheme versus advice only on physical activity and cardiovascular health status in middle aged adults. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial with one year follow up. Physical activity was measured by questionnaire. Other measures included attitudes to exercise, body mass index, cholesterol, aerobic capacity, and blood pressure. SETTING: Primary care and community. PARTICIPANTS: 260 men and women aged 40-70 years, taking...
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/jech.56.4.246
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- Journal:
- Journal of epidemiology and community health
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 246-252
- Publication date:
- 2002-04-05
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1470-2738
- ISSN:
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0143-005X
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uuid:ac682226-c344-4d16-9b0b-b6e9af9a9e2a
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108994
- Local pid:
- pubs:108994
- Copyright date:
- 2002
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Can lay-led walking programmes increase physical activity in middle aged adults? A randomised controlled trial.
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