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Preventive Medicine, 2012 Aim To examine associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults. Methods We analyzed data from workers from the 2007–08 Australian National Health Survey (n = 10,785). Participants reported their
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Occupational Sitting Time: Employees' Perceptions of Health Risks and Intervention Strategies
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2011There is increasing interest in the potential association between sedentary behaviour and poor health. This study examined office-based employees' perceptions of the health risks associated with prolonged sitting at work, and strategies to interrupt and reduce occupational sitting time.Four focus groups were conducted with a convenience sample of ...
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Workplace Programmes Aimed at Limiting Occupational Sitting
2017On a typical working day, 50% of waking hours is spent in the workplace. This means that over the course of a lifetime, for most adults, a lot of time is spent at work. The workplace has a direct influence on the physical, social, economic, mental, and social well-being of workers and in turn the broader community.
Healy, Genevieve N., Goode, Ana D.
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Occupation, Sitting, and Weight Change in a Cohort of Women Employees
Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2018Few studies have looked at occupation and weight gain over time. We examined the influence of occupation on sitting and weight change in employed women.A total of 228 women working as appointment coordinators or clinical assistants were surveyed regarding sitting and physical activity.
Warren G, Thompson +2 more
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Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2012
Workplace practitioners are well placed to provide practical insights on sedentary behaviour issues in the workplace. This study consulted occupational health and safety (OHS) practitioners, examining their perceptions of sedentary health risks and views on strategies and influences to reduce and break prolonged occupational sitting.Three focus groups ...
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Workplace practitioners are well placed to provide practical insights on sedentary behaviour issues in the workplace. This study consulted occupational health and safety (OHS) practitioners, examining their perceptions of sedentary health risks and views on strategies and influences to reduce and break prolonged occupational sitting.Three focus groups ...
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The impact of occupational sitting time and occupation on cardiometabolic health in Japanese workers
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental HealthProlonged sitting time (ST) has been suggested as a risk factor for CVD. Particularly, occupational ST (OST) is determined by occupation-specific activities and can impact the health status of workers. However, there is limited information on the impact of OST across different occupations among Japanese workers.
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A workplace intervention designed to interrupt prolonged occupational sitting
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2016Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of a workplace intervention designed to interrupt prolonged occupational sitting time (POST) and its impact on the self-reported health of a cohort of desk-based employees. Design/methodology/approach
Casey P. Mainsbridge +3 more
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Assessment of the Impact of a Workplace Intervention to Reduce Prolonged Occupational Sitting Time
Qualitative Health Research, 2013We aim to provide a better picture of the outcomes associated with implementing a nonpurposeful, physical activity, e-health intervention in a professional workplace. There is a need for health professionals to evaluate physical-activity-based workplace health interventions with a full range of measures.
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Identifying correlates of breaks in occupational sitting: a cross-sectional study
Building Research & Information, 2015Office workers are commonly targeted in interventions to modify their sitting behaviour, yet there is limited evidence of the correlates of breaks in sitting to inform intervention development. This study identifies the individual, workplace and spatial configuration correlates of the frequency of breaks in sitting (number/hour) in office workers (n ...
Mitch J. Duncan +5 more
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Effect of Sitting Occupancy on Lateral Dynamics and Trajectory of a Passenger Car
Volume 6: 11th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, 2015In the current work, the effects of sitting locations and combinations of occupants on handling performance of a four-wheeled passenger car have been investigated. A new multi-occupant nonlinear lumped parameter model (LPM) is developed by coupling 1-DOF longitudinal vehicle model, 2-DOF lateral vehicle model, 13-DOF nonlinear vehicle ride model ...
Divyanshu Joshi, Anindya Deb
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