Motivating People to Be Physically Active - Marcus, Bess H.; Pekmezi, Dori
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Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Third Edition, is a comprehensive guide to designing effective physical activity intervention programs that encourage people to reduce sedentary behavior and incorporate physical activity into their everyday lives.

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Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Third Edition, is a comprehensive guide to designing effective physical activity intervention programs that encourage people to reduce sedentary behavior and incorporate physical activity into their everyday lives.
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Bess H. Marcus, PhD, is a professor of behavioral and social sciences and dean emerita of the School of Public Health at Brown University. She was a professor and the chair of the department of family medicine and public health at the University of California-San Diego from 2011 through 2017. She is a clinical health psychologist who has spent over 30 years conducting research on physical activity behavior and has published over 300 papers and book chapters as well as three books on this topic. She has developed a series of assessment instruments to measure psychosocial mediators of physical activity behavior and has also developed low-cost interventions to promote physical activity behavior in community, workplace, and primary care settings. Dr. Marcus is actively involved on numerous NIH grants on physical activity behavior and public health. Her work increasingly focuses on promoting physical activity in underserved and vulnerable populations. She has mentored numerous students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 2015. She delivered the President’s Lecture at the 2015 ACSM meeting and the Morris/Paffenbarger Exercise Is Medicine Lecture at the 2022 meeting. Dr. Marcus enjoys staying active by walking with family and friends daily. She also enjoys strength training, yoga, and Pilates. Dori Pekmezi, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor and vice chair in the department of health behavior in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research and teaching focus on the application of behavioral theory and technology to physical activity promotion in underserved or at-risk populations. She has published over 100 professional articles and book chapters on these topics and served as principal investigator or co-investigator on at least 15 physical activity research grants. Pekmezi is also a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and served as cochair for the professional society’s Physical Activity Special Interest Group. Dr. Pekmezi stays physically active by playing tennis with her friends and walking her sons to school.