Worksite environment physical activity and healthy food choices: measurement of the worksite food and physical activity environment at four metropolitan bus garages
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Worksite environment physical activity and healthy food choices: measurement of the worksite food and physical activity environment at four metropolitan bus garages
BACKGROUND The present research describes a measure of the worksite environment for food, physical activity and weight management. The worksite environment measure (WEM instrument) was developed for the Route H Study, a worksite environmental intervention for weight gain prevention in four metro transit bus garages in Minneapolis-St. Paul. METHODS Two trained raters visited each of the four b...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-4-17