Physical micro-environment interventions for healthier eating in the workplace: Protocol for a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Vasiljevic, Milica ^a   Cartwright, Emma ^a   Pechey, Rachel ^a   Hollands, Gareth J ^a   Couturier, Dominique Laurent ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^a,b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Choice architecture; Healthier eating; Labelling; Nudging; Physical micro environment interventions; Randomised controlled trial; Size; Stepped wedge trial; Workplace interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042508990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-017-0141-z     Document Type: Article

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