Healthy Life Centres: a 3-month behaviour change programme's impact on participants' physical activity levels, aerobic fitness and obesity: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Individuals with low socioeconomic status and multimorbidity tend to have lower physical activity (PA) levels than the general population. Primary care is an important setting for reaching high-risk individuals to support behaviour change. This study aimed to investigate the impact of behaviour change interventions delivered by Norwegian Healthy Life Centres (HLCs) on participants' PA levels, aerobic fitness and obesity, and furthermore to investigate possible predictors of change.

Design

An observational study with a pre-post design and a 3-month follow-up.

Setting

Thirty-two HLCs in Norway were included.

Participants

A total of 713 participants (72% of the participants included at baseline), 71% women, with a mean age of 51 (18-87 years) and body m

SUBMITTER: Blom EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523218 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature