Better Together? A Pilot Study of Romantic Partner Influence on Exercise Adherence and Cardiometabolic Risk in African-American Couples.

Lyndsey M HornbuckleAmy RauerKerri M Winters-StoneCary SpringerChloe S JonesLindsay P Toth

Published in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (2020)

Trends showed exercising together may promote walking prescription adherence, although more research is needed in a larger sample. This intervention may also improve cardiometabolic risk factors in this population. These pilot data will inform the current investigators' future exercise intervention research in AA adult dyads.

Keyphrases

african american
randomized controlled trial
risk factors
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resistance training
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electronic health record
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insulin resistance
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