TY - JOUR T1 - Lifestyle and structured exercise programmes increased physical activity and improved cardiorespiratory fitness JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 117 LP - 117 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.4.117 VL - 2 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/4/117.abstract N2 - Dunn Al, Marcus Bh, Kampert Jb, et al. Comparison of lifestyle structured interventions to increase physical activity cardiorespiratory fitness. A randomized trial.JAMA1999 Jan 27; 281:327–34.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question Are lifestyle physical activity programmes as effective as structured exercise programmes for improving physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and risk factors in healthy, sedentary adults? 24 month randomised, single blind (outcome assessor), controlled trial.An outpatient centre in Dallas, Texas, USA.237 healthy, sedentary adults (mean age 46 y, 50% women) who lived or worked within 16 km of the centre. Exclusion criteria were history of myocardial infarction, stroke, type 1 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, or osteoarthritis; >140% of ideal body weight; plans to move from area or become pregnant; consumption of ≥3 drinks of alcohol each day; exercising ≥3 days each week for ≥20 minutes; hypertension; and use of medication that could … ER -