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National Family Health and Fitness Day: What you need to know
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Saturday, Sept. 24 marks the 20th annual Family Health and Fitness Day USA, which aims to bring awareness to, and promote, family involvement in physical activity.
According to the CDC, the benefits of increased physical activity include weight control, reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease, reducing risk for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome and lowering the risk for certain cancers. It can also strengthen bones and muscles, improve mental health and mood, improve daily function and prevent falls.
Below is a collection of the latest research on physical activity in family medicine. Here’s what you need to know:
Primary care program aimed at obese youth delivers lifestyle changes
A pilot intervention targeting childhood and delivered by trained primary care clinicians and staff resulted in significant clinical and lifestyle changes, including decreases in BMI. Read More.
Short-term physical activity gains in online, pedometer-based intervention not continued at 12 months
Despite early findings at 4 months suggesting that an internet-mediated, pedometer-based physical activity intervention was effective among patients with COPD, such results were not maintained at 12 months. Read more.
One hour of physical activity offsets increased risk for death from sitting
About 60 to 75 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity negated the increased risk for death associated with sitting for 8 hours each day. Read more.
Wearable technology may not offer long-term weight loss advantage over standard intervention
Wearing devices that measure physical activity, in addition to standard weight management interventions, was less effective than receiving only the standard intervention at promoting long-term weight loss over 2 years. Read more.
Primary care interventions aimed at obesity not effective, new strategies needed
Obesity counseling and guidance in primary care has little effect on BMI, and new practice guidelines and novel approaches are needed to address this. Read more.