TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a pedometer-based workplace health program on cardiovascular and diabetes risk profile
AU - Freak-Poli, Rosanne
AU - Wolfe, Rory
AU - Backholer, Kathryn
AU - De Courten, Maximilian Pangratius J
AU - Peeters, Anna
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objective
To evaluate whether participation in a four-month, pedometer-based, physical activity, workplace health programme results in an improvement in risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Methods
Adults employed within Australia in primarily sedentary occupations and voluntarily enrolled in a workplace programme, the Global Corporate Challenge, aimed at increasing physical activity were recruited. Data included demographic, behavioural, anthropometric and biomedical measurements. Measures were compared between baseline and four-months.
AB - Objective
To evaluate whether participation in a four-month, pedometer-based, physical activity, workplace health programme results in an improvement in risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Methods
Adults employed within Australia in primarily sedentary occupations and voluntarily enrolled in a workplace programme, the Global Corporate Challenge, aimed at increasing physical activity were recruited. Data included demographic, behavioural, anthropometric and biomedical measurements. Measures were compared between baseline and four-months.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21762721
U2 - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.005
M3 - Article
VL - 53
SP - 162
EP - 171
JO - Preventive Medicine
JF - Preventive Medicine
SN - 0091-7435
IS - 3
ER -
