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Physical Activity Intervention Studies. What We Know and What We Need to Know. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity); Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research

Bess H. Marcus PhD, David M. Williams PhD, Patricia M. Dubbert PhD, James F. Sallis PhD, Abby C. King PhD, Antronette K. Yancey MD, MPH, Barry A. Franklin PhD, FAHA, David Buchner MD, MPH, Stephen R. Daniels MD, PhD, FAHA, and Randal P. Claytor PhD

Abstract--In this review, our first purpose is to provide an overview of existing physical activity intervention research, focusing on subpopulations and intervention modalities. Our reviews within each area are not exhaustive or quantitative, as each area has been reviewed in more depth in numerous other reports. Instead, our goal is to provide a single document that provides a qualitative overview of intervention research that emphasizes selected topics of particular importance for improving the population-wide impact of interventions. Therefore, in synthesizing this vast literature, we begin with existing reviews of physical activity research in each area and incorporate in our discussions recent reports of well-designed individual physical activity intervention studies that expand the existing research base and/or target new areas of research. Our second purpose is to offer new ideas and recommendations to improve the state of the science within each area and, where possible, to propose ideas to help bridge the gaps between these existing categories of research.

Key words: AHA Scientific Statements • exercise • health behavior • intervention studies • metabolism • motor activity

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