Worksite environment intervention to prevent obesity among metropolitan transit workers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-185

  French, Simone A ^a   Harnack, Lisa J ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^a   Mitchell, Nathan R ^a   Gerlach, Anne F ^a   Toomey, Traci L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus drivers; Obesity prevention; Transportation; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE; VEGETABLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77649338566     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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