Fitness

Group effort helps motivate young mothers to exercise

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 15th, 2002

Giving young mothers the opportunity to meet in groups and develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to exercising may be a critical ingredient in helping them get much-needed physical activity, a new study reveals.

Women who were given only written information on how to increase physical activity were no more likely to increase their exercise levels than women who did not receive the literature, reported lead author Yvette D. Miller, of the University of Queensland in Australia.

But women who both received the information and attended discussion groups to develop personalized exercise strategies were more likely, if only in the short term, to...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-08-15)

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