Short- and long-term effectiveness of a smartphone application for improving measures of adiposity: A randomised clinical trial - EVIDENT II study.

Background: Evidence on the efficacy of smartphone applications (apps) for reducing body weight and other measurements of adiposity sustainably is not conclusive.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of adding an app for 3 months to traditional counselling on physical activity (PA) and a heart-healthy diet for the modification of measurements of adiposity at 3 and 12 months after intervention.

Methods: This randomised clinical trial included 833 subjects.

Association of television viewing time with central hemodynamic parameters and the radial augmentation index in adults.

Background: We conducted a study to explore the relationship between television viewing time and central hemodynamic parameters and the radial augmentation index (AIx) in adults.

Methods: Random sampling was used to select 732 individuals who attended primary-care centers as subjects for the study. The self-reported time that these individuals spent in viewing television was elicited with a questionnaire and included the number of hours that they spent watching television while sitting or lying down.

[How to identify physical inactivity in primary care: validation of the Catalan and Spanish versions of 2 short questionnaires].

Objective: The Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool (BPAAT) and the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) are valid and reliable assessment tools to identify "inactive" patients in primary care. No similar tools exist for the Spanish population. The study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Catalan and Spanish versions (CBPAAT-CGPPAQ; CBPAAT-EGPPAQ) of such tools.

[Physical exercise prescription].

Although being sedentary is recognized as the most prevalent cardiovascular risk factor in industrialized societies, health measures tend to concentrate on secondary and tertiary prevention methods, using pharmacological curative measures instead of favoring methods of primary prevention by means of promoting healthy lifestyles. This article hits on the essentials to promote physical exercise by our patients.