Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for Mi-PACT

Inclusion criteria

• Able to give informed consent to participate in the study

• Aged between 40–70 years

• Recruited from within primary care

• At medium (≥10 and < 20 %) or high (≥20 %) risk of cardiovascular disease and/or type II diabetes mellitus

Exclusion criteria

• People with existing coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, (stages 3–5), diabetes mellitus, stroke, heart failure and peripheral arterial disease

• Resting blood pressure greater than 180/100 mmHg

• Body mass index greater than 40 kg/m²

• Currently pregnant

• Currently taking any medications that may affect weight loss

• Not fluent in English

• Currently participating in another research trial or lifestyle supportive intervention

• People reporting a recent (in the last 6 months) shift (>5 %) in body mass or large change in habitual lifestyle

• Individuals unable to change their physical activity (e.g. through disability) or individuals who already lead highly physically active lifestyles (PAL > 2.0)

• Insufficient baseline physical activity data (<6 valid monitoring days including a Saturday and Sunday)

• People with terminal illness and anyone who, in their general practitioner’s opinion, has other co-morbidities which would prevent engagement with the intervention