Worksite physical activity interventions and obesity: A review of European studies (the HOPE project)

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-488

  Vuillemin, Anne ^a,b   Rostami, Cyrus ^a   Maes, Lea ^c   Van Cauwenberghe, Eveline ^c   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^d   Brug, Johannes ^e   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^c   Oppert, Jean Michel ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

External validity; Intervention studies; Obesity; Physical activity; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EUROPE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TRANSPORTATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84855320642     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335255     Document Type: Article

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