Valuing PA
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Participants who valued PA appeared to be more committed: ‘I didn’t need convincing about the importance of exercise…I want to be able to do the things I want to do at the age of 70 and 80 and into my 90s’ (Andrea, 64, >PA and M). Conversely, participants that were sceptical of the guidelines or doubted the importance of PA valued PA less and were less committed to PA. For example, ‘The aim was to get to 10,000-steps…I thought “well why? Am I going to feel any fitter?”’ (Joe, 72, < PA) and ‘I’ve adopted the attitude of I am going reasonably well. I am not a star pupil, but I’m not the lowest in the class…I did 6000 and that’s good’ (Oscar, 68, > PA and DNM).