Are workplace interventions to reduce sitting effective? A systematic review

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 352-356

  Chau, Josephine Y ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Hidde P ^d   van Uffelen, Jannique G Z ^b   Wong, Jason ^b   Riphagen, Ingrid ^c   Healy, Genevieve N ^b,d   Gilson, Nicholas D ^b   Dunstan, David W ^d   Bauman, Adrian E ^a   Owen, Neville ^b,d   Brown, Wendy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention studies; Review; Sedentary behaviour; Sitting time; Workplace

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77958165099     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.08.012     Document Type: Review

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