Worksite Opportunities for Wellness (WOW): Effects on cardiovascular disease risk factors after 1 year

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 108-114

  Racette, Susan B ^a   Deusinger, Susan S ^a   Inman, Cindi L ^a   Burlis, Tamara L ^a   Highstein, Gabrielle R ^a   Buskirk, Trent D ^b   Steger May, Karen ^a   Peterson, Linda R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fitness; Health promotion; Pedometer; Physical activity; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING LIPID METABOLISM; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEGLITINIDE; RESIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349292103     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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