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The Role of Facebook
- Source :
- International journal of environmental research and public health. 19(16)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- it is well known in literature that sedentary lifestyle contributes to worsening people's health. This issue highlights the need for effective interventions to promote an active lifestyle. Research suggested multilevel intervention strategies to promote adherence to recommended physical activity levels, including the use of social networks that may simplify access to health notions. Being Facebookeighteen manuscripts were considered eligible for this systematic review, and it was performed a meta-analysis (PRISMA guidelines) for overall physical activity parameters in eleven out of eighteen studies.significant improvements were detected in the total amount of physical activity. In parallel, an increase in other parameters, such as cardiovascular, body composition, and social support, were found. The aerobic training, with supervised and tailored modalities, showed more considerable improvements.this study showed that Facebook
- Subjects :
- Humans
Sedentary Behavior
Exercise
Life Style
Social Media
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........8446a1ee49fdb13a4bfe3cd366163270