Physical Fitness

Moms and daughters benefit from exercising together

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 17th, 2003

A pilot study of "the effectiveness of home- and community-based physical activity interventions that target mothers and daughters to increase physical activity and improve health-related fitness" has shown positive results.

A total of 34 pairs of mothers (aged 45.18 ± 7.49 years) and teen-aged daughters (aged 15.41 ± 1.33 years) "were randomly assigned to a community-based (CB) (N=20 participants) or home-based (HB) (N=14 participants) program. CB participants attended three instructor-led sessions per week for 12 weeks. HB participants were asked to participate in three sessions per week for 12 weeks in a program similar to the CB program. The main...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-04-17)

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