The University of Alabama at Birmingham released an article in January discussing one of their newest studies that focus on examining the underlying issues that may cause individuals not to exercise. The participants for this research include all women ages 25-44 with a body mass index of 25-29.9 kg/m2 and all participants will be asked to commit to a regimen of walking three times weekly for 12 weeks , but one group will receive positive psychotherapy sessions. Because the study is still underway, clearly there are no results yet but hopefully this study will be one of many to come to explore the role emotions have on exercise.
I will be staying updated with this study and will post further on their findings once they are released. If you want to check out the article, the link to that is here.
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