American Adults' Knowledge of Exercise Recommendations

Autor/inn/en	Morrow, James R., Jr.; Krzewinski-Malone, Jeanette A.; Jackson, Allen W.; Bungum, Timothy J.; FitzGerald, Shannon J.
Titel	American Adults' Knowledge of Exercise Recommendations
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75 (2004) 3, S.231-237 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Physical Fitness; Individual Characteristics; Adults; Life Style; Public Health; Knowledge Level; Physical Health; Risk; Exercise + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsfähigkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Lebensstil; Gesundheitswesen; Wissensbasis; Gesundheitszustand; Risiko; Übung
Abstract	Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and some cancers. Approximately 950,000 Americans die annually from cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine whether American adults know which traditional and lifestyle physical activities affect health and how they should be physically active to achieve a health benefit. Secondary purposes were to determine whether this knowledge is a function of gender, ethnicity, education, or age and if those who are sufficiently active for a health benefit possess different knowledge levels than those not sufficiently active for a health benefit. Items based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American College of Sports Medicine principles included knowledge of exercise guidelines and traditional and lifestyle physical activities. This information was obtained from 20 questions that were part of a national random telephone survey of 2,002 American households in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia. Respondents were most aware of traditional physical activities (M=94%) that provide a health benefit and less aware of specific exercise guidelines (M=68%) and lifestyle physical activities (M=71%) that can result in a health benefit. Knowledge was not related to physical activity behavior sufficient for a health benefit and only slightly related to ethnicity, education, and age. These data suggest that physical activity knowledge alone is not sufficient to elicit a behavior; however, it provides educators with an understanding of the public's physical activity knowledge that could be helpful in developing health promotion and physical activity interventions. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1900 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191-1598. Web site: http://www.aahperd.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10