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Gregory W. Heath
Researcher at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Publications - 151
Citations - 34550
Gregory W. Heath is an academic researcher from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Population. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 147 publications receiving 32935 citations. Previous affiliations of Gregory W. Heath include Washington University in St. Louis & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine
Russell R. Pate,Michael Pratt,Steven N. Blair,William L. Haskell,Caroline A. Macera,Claude Bouchard,David Buchner,Walter H. Ettinger,Gregory W. Heath,Abby C. King,Andrea M. Kriska,Arther S. Leon,Bess H. Marcus,Jeremy N. Morris,Ralph S. Paffenbarger,Kevin Patrick,Michael L. Pollock,James Rippe,James F. Sallis,Jack H. Wilmore +19 more
TL;DR: Every US adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week.
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Physical Activity and Public Health Updated Recommendation for Adults From the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association
William L. Haskell,I-Min Lee,Russell R. Pate,Kenneth E. Powell,Steven N. Blair,Barry A. Franklin,Caroline A. Macera,Gregory W. Heath,Paul D. Thompson,Adrian Bauman +9 more
TL;DR: The purpose of the present report is to update and clarify the 1995 recommendations on the types and amounts of physical activity needed by healthy adults to improve and maintain health.
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Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association.
William L. Haskell,I-Min Lee,Russell R. Pate,Kenneth E. Powell,Steven N. Blair,Barry A. Franklin,Caroline A. Macera,Gregory W. Heath,Paul D. Thompson,Adrian Bauman +9 more
TL;DR: The purpose of the present report is to update and clarify the 1995 recommendations on the types and amounts of physical activity needed by healthy adults to improve and maintain health.
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The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity. A systematic review.
Emily B. Kahn,Leigh T. Ramsey,Ross C. Brownson,Gregory W. Heath,Elizabeth H Howze,Kenneth E. Powell,Elaine J. Stone,Mummy W Rajab,Phaedra S. Corso +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Guide to Community Preventive Service's methods for systematic reviews were used to evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches to increasing physical activity: informational, behavioral and social, and environmental and policy approaches.
Physical Activity 3 Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world
Gregory W. Heath,Diana C. Parra,Olga L. Sarmiento,Lars Bo Andersen,Neville Owen,Shifalika Goenka,Felipe Montes,Ross C. Brownson +7 more
TL;DR: A review of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identifi ed eff ective, promising, or emerging interventions from around the world are recommended in this paper, where the informational approaches of community-wide and mass media campaigns, and short physical activity messages targeting key community sites are recommended.