Imagine you planned to go for a walk this morning, but you got stuck to your chair. What are
the forces that could explain this failure to engage in physical activity? Is it a paucity of a …

Background Understanding how to create and deliver effective physical activity (PA)
messages for and to various population subgroups may play a role in increasing population …

Initiating physical activity can be difficult. Maintaining regular activity is even more
challenging. Fewer than 5% of US adults attain even 30 min of daily moderate-vigorous …

Background In a time of physical inactivity pandemic, attempts to better understand the
factors underlying the regulation of exercise behavior are important. The dominant …

Objective Habits, defined as well‐learned associations between cues and behaviours, are
essential for health‐related behaviours, including physical activity (PA). Despite the …

Why do individuals fail to exercise regularly despite knowledge of the risks associated with
physical inactivity? Automatic processes regulating exercise behaviors may partly explain …

Objective: This study aimed to test whether the level of cognitive resources explains
engagement in physical activity across aging and whether the age-related decline of …

As a result of recent calls to attend to the implicit processes that regulate health behaviours,
the study of implicit attitudes and physical activity behaviour has grown rapidly in the past …

Introduction A dual process model based upon the affect and health behavior framework
was used to explain sedentary behavior, where affective and instrumental components of …

Recent evidence suggests humans have an automatic attraction to effort minimization. Yet,
how this attraction is associated with response inhibition is still unclear. Here, we used go/no …