Bilingual Text4Walking Food Service Employee Intervention Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Half of all adults in the United States do not meet the level of recommended aerobic physical activity. Physical activity interventions are now being conducted in the workplace. Accessible technology, in the form of widespread usage of cell phones and text messaging, is available for promoting physical activity.

Objective

The purposes of this study, which was conducted in the workplace, were to determine (1) the feasibility of implementing a bilingual 12-week Text4Walking intervention and (2) the effect of the Text4Walking intervention on change in physical activity and health status in a food service employee population.

Methods

Before conducting the study reported here, the Text4Walking research team developed a database of motivational physical activity

SUBMITTER: Buchholz SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4909977 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature