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Kevin Patrick

Researcher at University of California, San Diego

Publications -  195
Citations -  22221

Kevin Patrick is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Behavior change & Population. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 192 publications receiving 20528 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin Patrick include University of California, Los Angeles & United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents: Consensus Statement

TL;DR: The International Consensus Conference on Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents convened to review the effects of physical activity on the health of adolescents, to establish age-appropriate physical activity guidelines, and to consider how these guidelines might be implemented in primary health care settings.
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A Text Message-Based Intervention for Weight Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Text messages might prove to be a productive channel of communication to promote behaviors that support weight loss in overweight adults.
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A controlled trial of physician counseling to promote the adoption of physical activity.

TL;DR: Physician-based counseling for physical activity is efficacious in producing short-term increases in moderate physical activity among previously sedentary patients.