MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Pascale Mauriège, PhD, Division of Kinesiology
PEPS, Room 2148, Laval University, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Answer:
1) The impact of a 4-month brisk walking program (3 sessions/week of 45-min walking at 60% of heart rate reserve) on postmenopausal moderately obese (BMI=29-35 kg/m
2) women’s perceived health, and more particularly the perceived ideal weight and stress level.
2) The existence of a relationship between improvements in perceived ideal weight and fat mass reduction in the walking group.
3) The lack of non respondents to our novel self-administered Short Perceived Health Questionnaire (SPHQ) that was completed within 2-3 min by all participant.
4) The good reproductibility for five of six items of the SHPQ, and the validation of three questions against generic tools.
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