Community Fitness Center-Based Physical Activity Interventions: A Brief Review

Research shows that a sedentary lifestyle is associated with cardiovascular and metablic disease, and risk can be alleviated with increased physical activity. However, public health initiatives aiming to increase activity levels often fail to demonstrate clinical effects on public health, possibly because the highly controlled environment limits application to real-world community settings. This review evaluates the effectiveness of community fitness centre based interventions on inactivity related diseases in adults, highlighting a lack of research being performed in a natural, community setting.