Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity

Release Date: August 2002

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendations

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against behavioral counseling in primary care settings to promote physical activity.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity, August 2002
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 81 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 226 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Evidence Review (File Download)

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Current as of August 2002

Internet Citation:

Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity, Topic Page. August 2002. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsphys.htm