Moving to business - changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior after multilevel intervention in small and medium-size workplaces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regular physical activity (PA) promotes and excessive sedentary behavior (SB) deteriorates health. Yet the Finnish working-aged population spends most of the day sitting. A 1-year Moving To Business (MTB) -intervention supported small and medium-size workplaces to combat sedentariness. This paper reports the changes in employees' PA and SB from before MTB (baseline) to 1 year after baseline (follow-up).

Methods

Twelve workplaces with a total of 396 employees participated. Each workplace nominated a team to promote PA and reduce SB at organizational, working unit and employee level. The teams were mentored regionally through meetings, workshop and tools. Changes in PA and SB were assessed with a questionnaire and an accelerometer. Wald Confidence Interval (Cl) for

SUBMITTER: Aittasalo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392953 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature