Using the transtheoretical model to promote physical activity

ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Pekmezi, Dori ^a   Barbera, Brooke ^b   Marcus, Bess H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change; Exercise; Health Promotion; Stage Matched Interventions; Stages of Change Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954321648     PISSN: 10915397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/FIT.0b013e3181e37e11     Document Type: Article

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