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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104226/cdc_104226_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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