Effect of an office-based intervention on visceral adipose tissue: the WorkACTIVE-P randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Office-based activity reduces sedentariness, yet no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have assessed how such activity influences visceral adipose tissue (VAT). This study examined the effect of an office-based, multicomponent activity intervention on VAT. The WorkACTIVE-P RCT enrolled sedentary office workers (body mass index: 31.4 (standard deviation (SD) 4.4) kg/m²) to an intervention (n = 20) or control (n = 20) group. For 3 months, the intervention group received an office-based pedal desk, further to an intervention promoting its use and increased walking. The control group maintained habitual activity. At baseline and follow-up, VAT, cardiometabolic disease risk markers, physical activity, and food intake were measured. Steps/day were not altered relative t

SUBMITTER: Dorling JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature