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For a Healthy Lifestyle, Make Physical Activity Habitual
David Conroy, associate professor of kinesiology and human development and family studies, has claimed that unintentional physical activity may be influenced by non-conscious attitudes.
The challenge of encouraging more activity can be met by understanding the motivation behind both deliberate exercise and inherent behaviors, he further suggested.
To reach the conclusion, Conroy, along with Shawna Doerksen, assistant professor of recreation, park and tourism management; Amanda Hyde, graduate student in kinesiology; and Nuno Ribeiro, graduate in recreation, park and tourism management, examined 200 college students for a connection between physical activity and level of unintentional activity.
"It wasn't the overall level of activity we focused on, it was specifically the unintentional activity-those little things that you don't even think about that help you burn those extra few calories," said Conroy.
Their results, published in the April issue of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, show a positive correlation between individuals who have a positive attitude about physical activity and those who performed more unintentional physical activity, such as climbing stairs instead of waiting for the elevator, or walking further to the store because of parking in the first available spot rather than searching for a closer space.
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