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SUBMITTER: Bond DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4339393 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bond Dale S DS Thomas J Graham JG King Wendy C WC Vithiananthan Sivamainthan S Trautvetter Jennifer J Unick Jessica L JL Ryder Beth A BA Pohl Dieter D Roye G Dean GD Sax Harry C HC Wing Rena R RR
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20150122 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the impact of a pre-bariatric surgery physical activity intervention (PAI), designed to increase bout-related (≥10 min) moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA), on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).<h4>Methods</h4>Analyses included 75 adult participants (86.7% female; BMI = 45.0 ± 6.5 kg m(-2)) who were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of PAI (n = 40) or standard pre-surgical care (SC; n = 35). PAI received 6 individual weekly counseling sessions to increase walking exercise ...[more]