Reducing office workers' sitting time: Rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dunstan, David W ^a,b,c,d,e   Wiesner, Glen ^a   Eakin, Elizabeth G ^b   Neuhaus, Maike ^b   Owen, Neville ^a   Lamontagne, Anthony D ^f   Moodie, Marj ^d   Winkler, Elisabeth Ah ^b   Fjeldsoe, Brianna S ^b   Lawler, Sheleigh ^b   Healy, Genevieve N ^a,b,g  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity permissive desks; Cardio metabolic biomarkers; Office workers; Physical activity; Randomised intervention; Sedentary behaviour; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887361987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1057     Document Type: Article

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