Associations between social ecological factors and self-reported short physical activity breaks during work hours among desk-based employees

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 44-47

  Bennie, Jason A ^a   Timperio, Anna F ^b   Crawford, David A ^b   Dunstan, David W ^a,b,c,d,e   Salmon, Jo L ^b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breaks in sitting; Correlates; Desk based work settings; Employed adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SOCIETY; STRESS; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA; WORK; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960581512     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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