Physical activity behavior change: issues in adoption and maintenance.

By Bess H. Marcus, P. Dubbert, L. Forsyth, T. McKenzie, E. Stone, A. Dunn, S. Blair. Health Psychology, 2000

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Physical activity and food environments: solutions to the obesity epidemic. (2009, background): “The rapidity of the rise of the obesity epidemic and the discovery that most interventions to help individuals change their eating and physical activity behaviors have only weak and short-lived effects (Kumanyika et al. 2000; Marcus et al. 2000) reveal the limitations of the dominant individually fo”
Bridging the intention–behaviour gap: Planning, self-efficacy, and action control in the adoption and maintenance of physical exercise (2005, background): “In addition, most of those who begin an exercise programme fail to maintain this behaviour and relapse to inactivity within the first six months (Marcus et al., 2000).”
Strategies of setting and implementing goals: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions (2010, background): “Because long-term behavior change in the form of physical activity is necessary for these patients to recover and improve their quality of life, and because long-term behavior often fails to be maintained over time (Marcus et al., 2000), a supplementary MCII intervention should be useful.”
An ecological approach to creating active living communities. (2006, background): “Third, maintenance of physical activity following programs is poor (57).”