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A Survey Of The Knowledge And Attitudes Of The Elderly Towards Exercise, Susan R. Carlson
A Survey Of The Knowledge And Attitudes Of The Elderly Towards Exercise, Susan R. Carlson
MSN Research Projects
The purpose of this descriptive study was to survey the knowledge and attitudes of the elderly towards exercise. The researcher hypothesized that when black and white elderly men and women were surveyed about exercise and the results were compared, there would be no significant difference at the .05 level. A researcher-designed tool, "Exercise: Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire," was used in data collection. Twenty-one elderly subjects were surveyed. Of these, 10 were white while 11 were black. The sample included 8 men and 13 women. The test results were analyzed using the ANOVA test. There was not a difference at the …
Exercise And Eating Habit Change In The Treatment Of Obesity, Michael D. Johnson
Exercise And Eating Habit Change In The Treatment Of Obesity, Michael D. Johnson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
A pretest-posttest control group design was used to compare the effectiveness of a behavioral caloric reduction/exercise increase treatment package with a caloric reduction approach. The participants consisted of 32 people selected from those responding to a community newspaper advertisement announcing the weight control program. The caloric reduction/exercise treatment group focused on energy expenditure methods for reducing weight and improving physical fitness along with procedures for controlling food intake patterns. The caloric reduction group concentrated on procedures for controlling food intake patterns only. The results indicated that weight loss was achieved by both the caloric reduction group and the combined caloric …