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Forty-one percent of ILI participants who achieved ≥175 min·wk at year 1 maintained this threshold of PA at year 4.
Maintaining high levels of physical activity is achievable for some individuals following intensive lifestyle interventions.
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Forty-one percent of ILI participants who achieved ≥175 min·wk at year 1 maintained this threshold of PA at year 4.
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Based on a large randomized controlled trial.
Source
Four-Year Physical Activity Levels among Intervention Participants with Type 2 Diabetes
Jessica L. Unick et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2016
DOI 10.1249/mss.0000000000001054
rct · n=2400Cited 63×
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- Participants in the intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) engaged in significantly more bout-related moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) compared to the Diabetes Support and Education (DSE) group at year 1 (151.0 ± 213.5 vs 87.5 ± 145.1 min·wk, P < 0.0001) and year 4 (102.9 ± 195.6 vs 73.9 ± 267.5 min·wk, P < 0.001).Strong
- More ILI participants achieved ≥175 min·wk of MVPA at year 1 (29.1% vs 16.3%, P < 0.001) and year 4 (18.3% vs 10.0%, P < 0.001) compared to DSE participants.Strong
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