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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Physical Activity: Interventions Including Activity Monitors for Adults with Overweight or Obesity

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Systematic review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: August 2017

Workgroups: Physical Activity Workgroup, Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends physical activity interventions that include activity monitors for adults with overweight or obesity. These interventions include counseling, group-based education, or web-based education, and participants get activity monitors that provide regular feedback. CPSTF found that the interventions increase physical activity but noted that more research is needed to determine whether people maintain their increased physical activity levels over time.

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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 aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity — PA‑05
LHI label
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of adults with obesity — NWS‑03
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2017). Physical activity: Interventions including activity monitors for adults with overweight and obesity. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/physical-activity-interventions-including-activity-monitors-adults-overweight-obesity