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Research from College of William & Mary in the area of life sciences published

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 17th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "The researchers assessed the effectiveness of a pedometer intervention and differences in walking behaviors according to body mass index (BMI). Two hundred ninety college Students completed the intervention from January to February 2005."

"Participants wore pedometers 5 days per week for 12 weeks and completed questionnaires assessing demographic information. The authors calculated daily step averages for weeks I 6, and 12. They then classified Students as underweight (UW), normal weight (NW), or overweight/obese, by BMI. The authors analyzed data using repeated-measures analysis of variance. The average number of daily...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2008-11-17)

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