Eight-month postprogram completion: Change in risk factors for chronic disease amongst participants in a 4-month pedometer-based workplace health program

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Freak Poli, Rosanne ^a,b   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Brand, Margaret ^a   De Courten, Maximilian ^c   Peeters, Anna ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACTIGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 84884910169     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20342     Document Type: Article

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