The CHOICE study: A "taste-test" of utilitarian vs. leisure walking among older adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-129

  Hekler, Eric B ^a   Castro, Cynthia M ^a   Buman, Matthew P ^a   King, Abby C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived built environment; Utilitarian physical activity; Walking intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TRAVEL; WALKING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TASTE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TASTE; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84857212097     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025567     Document Type: Article

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