Initial Weight Status Moderates the Impact of Exercise Referral Schemes on Improving Patients' Body Mass Index.

Carson Halliwell, Renaud Tremblay, Jonathon R Fowles, Ryan E R Reid, Rebecca Moyer, Taniya S Nagpal, Myles W O'Brien

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Article in American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carson HalliwellSchool of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.ORCID 0009-0003-7520-3515

Renaud TremblayFaculté des Sciences de l'Activité Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2829-8219

Jonathon R FowlesSchool of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0268-0762

Ryan E R ReidDepartment of Human Kinetics, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8573-1413

Rebecca MoyerSchool of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1719-4799

Taniya S NagpalFaculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Myles W O'BrienCentre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Moncton, NB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0665-5062

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Abstract

PurposeTo determine whether baseline body mass index (BMI) moderates BMI changes following completion of an exercise referral scheme (ERS).DesignRetrospective analysis.SettingData from the National ReferAll Database.Sample634 adults out of 39,283 (64% female; mean age 54 ± 15 years).InterventionParticipants completed a community-based ERS involving physical activity counseling and supervised exercise.MeasuresBMI was calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m

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body mass indexexerciseobesity management

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PMID41569895

DOI10.1177/08901171261419478

PMCPMC13646416

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