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Intervention strategies to increase physical activity (PA) that can reach many people in a cost-effective
manner are desired. Web-based interventions have shown promising results, but little investigation focus the
effect of use Internet Sites and online social media as information sources on PA knowledge. This
investigation aims to evaluate the effect of seeking for PA information on Internet Sites and online social
media on awareness of ACSM PA recommendations for health promotion, among college students. The
study included a randomly recruited sample of 658 college students (32.1% males; 67.9% females), aged
20.8, SD 2.9 years. A survey was designed to evaluate the use different PA information sources and the
awareness of ACSM PA recommendations. 63.2% of respondents were not accurately knowledgeable of the
ACSM PA recommendations. Interviewed use Internet Sites (55.8%) and online social media (29.1%) to seek
for PA information. Looking for PA information online presents a negative influence on awareness of ACSM
recommendations (P= .003 for Internet Sites and P= .022 for online social media).Despite efforts to promote
PA and widespread knowledge on ACSM recommendations, about two thirds of interviewed students can
not accurately identify adequate PA characteristics for health improvement. The use of new information
technologies as PA information source seems to lead to lower level of knowledge, what could be related with
poor quality of PA information on web.
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Awareness of ACSM recommendations Internet Online Social Media College Students