Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers: The active buildings study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Smith, Lee ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a   Ucci, Marcella ^b   Marmot, Alexi ^b   Gardner, Benjamin ^a   Sawyer, Alexia ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Fisher, Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Levels; Office workers; Patterns; Physical activity; Sitting; Standing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84938825182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-014-1338-1     Document Type: Article

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