The effectiveness of body age-based intervention in workplace health promotion: Results of a cohort study on 9851 Danish employees.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aging population emphasize the need for effective health promotion interventions. The workplace is a prioritized setting for health promotion to reach widely within a population. Body age can be used as a health-risk estimate and as a motivational tool to change health behavior. In this study we investigate body age-based intervention including motivational interview and its effect on health, when applied to real life workplace health promotion.

Material and methods

Body age-based intervention was performed in 90 companies on 9851 Danish employees from 2011-2017. Metabolic risk factors were assessed, body age score was determined and an individualized motivational interview was conducted at baseline and follow-up. Change in body age score, single risk factor

SUBMITTER: Husted KLS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498070 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature