Titre : | Does walking 15 minutes per day keep the obesity epidemic away ? Simulation of the efficacy of a populationwide campaign. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Alfredo MORABIA ; Michael-C COSTANZA ; Geneva University Hospital. Division of Clinical Epidemiology. Geneva. CHE |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 3, 2004) |
Pagination : | 437-440 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Obésité ; Epidémie ; Epidémiologie ; Simulation ; Efficacité ; Education santé ; Prévention santé ; Promotion santé ; Programme santé ; Activité physique ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Locomotion ; Maladie nutrition ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 0R0x4YV3. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Small physical activity increases may prevent weight gain in most populations. Geneva residents completed validated quantitative physical activity frequency questionnaires from 1997 to 2001. Fifteen minutes per day of moderate or brisk walking, or 30 minutes per day of slow walking, could increase physical activity at the population level ; however, if the specific goal is to approach expending 420 kJ/d (100 kcal/d) through walking, the duration should be closer to 60 minutes for slow walking and 30 minutes for moderate or brisk walking. |