What is the effect on obesity indicators from replacing prolonged sedentary time with brief sedentary bouts, standing and different types of physical activity during working days? a cross-sectional accelerometer-based study among blue-collar workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Heiden, Marina ^b   Aadahl, Mette ^c,d   Korshøj, Mette ^a   Jørgensen, Marie Birk ^a   Holtermann, Andreas ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STANDING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; WORKING TIME; ACCELEROMETRY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84969131643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154935     Document Type: Article

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