Sentence examples for delivering physical activity from inspiring English sources
These are qualities that make them powerful tools for delivering physical activity interventions.
Mobile phone technologies are readily available, easily accessible and may provide a potentially powerful tool for delivering physical activity interventions.
The intervention was conceived and implemented in partnership with SIEL Bleu, a non-profit organisation specialised in delivering physical activity programmes for older adults (sielbleu.org).
Fifty-one people expressed an interest in taking part in the research and were sent the on-line survey, which was directed at those involved in delivering physical activity interventions for people with dementia.
Less than half had received training in delivering physical activities, much of which related to older people generally, and was not dementia specific.
The finding that many mothers perceived their children as already very active leads to some challenges regarding how pediatric providers can best deliver physical activity promotion messages to parents of young children.
The internet has been increasingly used to deliver physical activity and other behavioral programs [ 22– 22].
11 However, the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) 12 and American Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) 13 trials (which provided efficacy evidence for T2D prevention) both included group delivered physical activity (PA) sessions.
11 Yet physical activity promotion remains un-rewarded in primary care, 6 Exercise Medicine is not on the core curriculum of many medical schools 12 and most doctors are not trained to deliver physical activity promotion and behaviour change.
Approximately 90% of all National Health Service (NHS) contacts in England take place in general practice [ 1] and thus primary care is ideally situated to deliver physical activity (PA) interventions, and has indeed been the setting for a number of trials [ 2– 5].
One intervention arm used an IT-based approach (website and mobile phones) to deliver physical activity and healthy eating promotion materials, and to promote self-monitoring of these behaviours.
