Providing insight into their actual physical activity levels may raise awareness and could, in combination with tailored physical activity advice, stimulate a physically active lifestyle.
Validity: we compared the GPPAQ "active" rating (those not requiring physical activity advice) with those achieving physical activity guidelines using accelerometry, in all baseline subjects (n = 298).
This seems to support the importance of providing structured exercise training even in the presence of other lifestyle change measures, such as physical activity advice, education or counselling.
The Virtual Advisor program employs a computer-based embodied conversational agent named "Carmen" to deliver interactive, individually tailored physical activity advice and support.
It appears obvious that structured exercise training has clear benefits over usual care, even when this includes physical activity advice, yet the question remains as to the minimal threshold of exercise intensity and volume to produce these changes.
The remaining 31 control comparison groups also received either usual or cardiological care, with the addition of risk factor and/or general physical activity advice (e.g. eat less fat, walk daily).
Physical activity advice only or structured exercise training and association with HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This was related to physical activity advice being provided by a medical professional.
Studies that only provided individuals with brief written or verbal physical activity advice were excluded.
Physical activity advice during the cancer care pathway was associated with higher levels of physical activity.
Older participants were less likely to report receiving dietary or physical activity advice.
