简介：<正>Weallknowbeingphysicallyactiveisgoodforyou.Butdoweknowhowgood?Peoplecanliveupto3yearslonger,evenwithaslittleas15minofphysicalactivityaday,accordingtolastOctober’sreportbyWenandhiscolleaguesattheChinaMedicalUniversityinTaiwan,China.Manyresearchersinthefieldofsportandhealthsciencesknowbeingphysicallyactivecanbringmanybenefitstoone’slife.Butthismessagehassometimesbeendisseminatedusinganegativetone.Somuchso,BortzofCalifornia,USA,has

简介：Purpose:Theaimofthisstudywastoevaluatetheprogram"Nomoresmoking!It’stimeforphysicalactivity",withamixedmethodsdesign,inordertocollectinformationtoimprovetheprogramforfutureapplications.Methods:Fortypatientsacrossfiveanti-smokingclinicsinCentralGreececompletedtheprogram.Counselors’recordsandparticipants’questionnairesandinterviewswereusedasdatainordertoevaluatetheprograms’processandoutcome.Results:Quantitativemeasuresbeforeandaftertheprogramrevealedsignificantdifferencesonsmokingbehavior,physicalactivity(PA)behavior,self-efficacy,andsmokinghabitmeasures.QualitativedataimpliedthatthepromotionofPAasacessationaidwasperceivedaspositivebytheparticipantsandbothparticipants’andcounselors’statementswereencouragingfortheeffectivenessofPApromotionduringtheprogramasacessation-aidtechnique.Conclusion:Evaluationofthe"Nomoresmoking!It’stimeforphysicalactivity"programshowedencouragingresults.PeoplewhotrytoquitsmokingcanbecomemorephysicallyactivethroughtargetedinterventionandtheyregardPAasasignificantaidintheireffortstoquitsmoking.

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简介：<正>Theauthorregrets〈Thecorrectedtitleshouldbe"Peoplecanlivelongerbyhavingmorephysicalactivity"〉.