Effects of a Real-Life Park-Based Physical Activity Interventional Program on Cardiovascular Risk and Physical Fitness

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Modesto, Bruno Temoteo ; Bartholomeu, Teresa ; Basso, Luciano ; Costa, Luiz Augusto Riani ; Tinucci, Tais ; Forjaz, Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Regular physical activity (PA) practice is a way to combat cardiovascular disease, and a PA interventional program, including individualized prescription of walking with limited supervision of execution, may be a strategy to be applied in public parks. Thus, our study tested the effects of a real-world program like this on cardiovascular risk and cardiorespiratory fitness (CF) of the users of a public park.
  
  Methods
  
  Data came from the Exercise and Heart Project, a real-life park-based PA interventional program. The study phases were 1) a preintervention evaluation; 2) the individualized prescription of PA; 3) the supervision of the first practice sessions; 4) the unsupervised execution of the prescription; and 5) a postintervention evaluation.
  
  Results
  
  Data from 152 participants (mainly women and aged 40 to 80 years) were analyzed. The intervention significantly increased CF (mean [standard deviation], 99 [19] steps vs 110 [21] steps, P < .001) and reduced body mass index, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure, decreasing global cardiovascular risk (mean [standard deviation], 0.15 [2.84] vs −0.52 [2.60]; P < .001). The effects of intervention on cardiovascular risk were not different between the participants with low and high initial CF or PA levels.
  
  Conclusion
  
  The proposed real-life park-based PA interventional program decreased cardiovascular risk of the participants independently of their initial PA or CF levels.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Original Research
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2021; 18
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  33630729
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7938965
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  18
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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