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Offline Isk8NYC

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NCPAD
« on: November 13, 2011, 06:05:38 PM »
Does anyone know if "The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability" (ncpad.org) is a government agency or research center?  They have a free 14-week web-based fitness program that looks like a good idea, but I'm concerned that it's a marketing come-on for a weight loss clinic or similar.

http://www.ncpad.org/14weeks/?f=GOO&gclid=CLWCr_fbtKwCFcvJKgodpEcuHw

In looking at their website, they seem to focus on the disabled, but I can't tell for certain.
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Re: NCPAD
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2011, 06:22:38 PM »
There is a contact email address at the bottom of the page. Seems to be connected to University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Lots of research programs from the looks of it.

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Re: NCPAD
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2011, 08:13:46 PM »
It came up as a link on a fitness portal, so I thought it was for anyone.  In looking at the program notes more carefully, I see that the target audience for the program are "people with mobility limitations, chronic health conditions and physical disabilities."  That rules me out.

Thanks for the reply.
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