PMID- 23356124
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130314
LR  - 20190513
IS  - 0026-4075 (Print)
IS  - 0026-4075 (Linking)
VI  - 178
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Jan
TI  - Effect of an accelerometer on body weight and fitness in overweight and obese 
      active duty soldiers.
PG  - 82-7
AB  - This study evaluated whether using a web-linked accelerometer, plus mandatory 
      physical training, is associated with various weight- and fitness-related 
      outcomes in overweight/obese active duty soldiers. Soldiers who failed the 
      height/weight standards of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) were randomized 
      to use a Polar FA20 accelerometer device (polar accelerometer group [PA], n = 15) 
      or usual care (UC, n = 13) for 6 months. Both groups received 1.5 hours of 
      lifestyle instruction. We collected data at baseline, 2, 4, and 6 months, and 
      evaluated group differences in temporal changes in study outcomes. At 6 months, 
      1/28 subjects (UC) passed the APFT height/weight standards. There were no group 
      differences in changes in weight (PA: -0.1 kg vs. UC: +0.3 kg; p = 0.9), body fat 
      (PA: -0.9% vs. UC: -1.1%; p = 0.9), systolic blood pressure (PA: +1.3 mm Hg vs. 
      UC: -2.1 mm Hg; p = 0.2), diastolic blood pressure (PA: +3.8 mm Hg vs. UC: -2.4 
      mm Hg; p = 0.3), or resting heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) (PA: +7.8 bpm 
      vs. UC: +0.1 bpm; p = 0.2). These results suggest that using an accelerometer 
      with web-based feedback capabilities plus mandatory physical training does not 
      assist in significant weight loss or ability to pass the APFT height/weight 
      standards among overweight/obese soldiers.
FAU - Shrestha, Merica
AU  - Shrestha M
AD  - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Service, Walter Reed National Military 
      Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.
FAU - Combest, Travis
AU  - Combest T
FAU - Fonda, Stephanie J
AU  - Fonda SJ
FAU - Alfonso, Abel
AU  - Alfonso A
FAU - Guerrero, Arthur
AU  - Guerrero A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Mil Med
JT  - Military medicine
JID - 2984771R
SB  - IM
MH  - Accelerometry/*instrumentation
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Feedback
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Military Personnel
MH  - Obesity/*therapy
MH  - Overweight/*therapy
MH  - Physical Education and Training
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2013/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/15 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/30 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00275 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mil Med. 2013 Jan;178(1):82-7. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00275.