Prompts to Disrupt Sitting Time and Increase Physical Activity at Work, 2011–2012
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Prompts to Disrupt Sitting Time and Increase Physical Activity at Work, 2011–2012
INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to assess change in sitting and physical activity behavior in response to a workplace intervention to disrupt prolonged sitting time. METHODS Sixty office workers were randomized to either a Stand group (n = 29), which received hourly prompts (computer-based and wrist-worn) to stand up, or a Step group (n = 31), which received the same hourly promp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventing Chronic Disease
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1545-1151
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.130318