Interventions to increase physical activity in middle-age women at the workplace: A randomized controlled trial

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1008-1015

  Ribeiro, Marcos Ausenka ^a   Martins, Milton Arruda ^a   Carvalho, Celso R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

evaluation; exercise; Pedometer; prevention; risk factors; workplace

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEVICES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORKPLACE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84899645507     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000190     Document Type: Article

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