Lifestyle counseling to reduce body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors among truck and bus drivers – a randomized controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-64

  Puhkala, Jatta ^a   Kukkonen Harjula, Katriina ^a   Mansikkamäki, Kirsi ^a,b   Aittasalo, Minna ^a   Hublin, Christer ^c   Kärmeniemi, Paula ^c   Olkkonen, Seppo ^c   Partinen, Markku ^d   Sallinen, Mikael ^c,e   Tokola, Kari ^a,f   Fogelholm, Mikael ^g  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Vitalmed Research Centre   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exercise; MeS; Metabolic syndrome; Nutrition; Obesity; Professional driver; Walking; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BUS TRANSPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TRUCKING; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE COUNSELING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TOBACCO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LOW CALORY DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COUNSELING; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84921895140     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3463     Document Type: Article

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