Reducing obesity indicators through brief physical activity counseling (PACE) in Italian primary care settings

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Bolognesi, Massimo ^a,e   Nigg, Claudio R ^b   Massarini, Massimo ^c   Lippke, Sonia ^d  

^a Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Technogym SRL   (Italy)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Psychology Graduate   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL GIRTH; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT CENTERED ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING FOR EXERCISE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SITTING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645523217     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3102_10     Document Type: Article

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