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Physical Activity: Individually Adapted Health Behavior Change Programs

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Systematic review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: February 2001

Workgroups: Physical Activity Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends individually adapted health behavior change programs to increase physical activity and improve physical fitness. These programs teach skills like goal-setting and structured problem-solving to help people make physical activity part of their daily routines. The programs are tailored to meet people’s needs. CPSTF found that individually adapted health behavior change programs increase physical activity and improve physical fitness in adults and children.

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Objectives related to this resource (5)

Reduce the proportion of adults who do no physical activity in their free time — PA‑01
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic physical activity for substantial health benefits — PA‑02
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic physical activity for extensive health benefits — PA‑03
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults who do enough muscle-strengthening activity — PA‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity — PA‑05
LHI label
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2001). Physical activity: Individually adapted health behavior change programs. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/physical-activity-individually-adapted-health-behavior-change-programs