This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease have shown very little improvement over the past two decades, and the incidence of Type II diabetes mellitus is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite the benefit of regular physical activity in the prevention of cancer and other debilitating illnesses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 75% of the U.S. population do not get the recommended amount of physical activity and 40% of the population is completely sedentary. The goal of our research is to understand whether an individually tailored, print-based intervention is successful at increasing exercise behavior among sedentary adults. We also seek to understand whether there are particular psychological, physiological, or genetic characteristics that may make the intervention work better for some and less well for others. Ultimately, this knowledge will be used to guide the development of newer interventions with objective of encouraging exercise behavior and decreasing the incidence of diseases associated with sedentary lifestyle.
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