Eight month post program completion: change in risk factors for chronic disease amongst participants in a four-month pedometer workplace health program Freak-Poli, Rosanne, Wolfe, Rory, Brand, Margaret, de Courten, Maximillian and Peeters, Anna 2013, Eight month post program completion: change in risk factors for chronic disease amongst participants in a four-month pedometer workplace health program, Obesity, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. E360-E368, doi: 10.1002/oby.20342. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Eight month post program completion: change in risk factors for chronic disease amongst participants in a four-month pedometer workplace health program Author(s) Freak-Poli, Rosanne Wolfe, Rory Brand, Margaret de Courten, Maximillian Peeters, Anna orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-9132 Journal name Obesity Volume number 21 Issue number 9 Start page E360 End page E368 Total pages 9 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London. Eng. Publication date 2013-09 ISSN 1071-7323 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Endocrinology & Metabolism Nutrition & Dietetics INCREASE PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE WEIGHT-GAIN LIFE-STYLE METABOLIC SYNDROME VEGETABLE INTAKE BALANCE-PROJECT BLOOD-PRESSURE UNITED-STATES SERUM-LIPIDS Summary Objective: To evaluate whether participation in a 4-month, pedometer-based, physical activity, workplace health program is associated with long-term sustained improvements in risk factors for type 2 diabetesand cardiovascular disease, 8 months after the completion of the program.Design and Methods: A sample size of 720 was required. 762 Australian adults employed in primarily sedentary occupations and voluntarily enrolled in a workplace program were recruited. Demographic, behavioral, anthropometric and biomedical measurements were completed at baseline, 4 and 12 months.Results: About 76% of participants returned at 12 months. Sustained improvements at 12 months were observed for self-reported vegetable intake, self-reported sitting time and independently measured bloodpressure. Modest improvements from baseline in self-reported physical activity and independently measured waist circumference at 12 months indicated that the significant improvements observed immediately after the health program could not be sustained. Approximately half of those not meetingguidelines for physical activity, waist circumference and blood pressure at baseline, were meeting guidelines at 12 months.Conclusions: Participation in this 4-month, pedometer-based, physical activity, workplace health program was associated with sustained improvements in chronic disease risk factors at 12 months. These results indicate that such programs can have a long-term benefit and thus a potential role to play in population prevention of chronic disease. Language eng DOI 10.1002/oby.20342 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2013, John Wiley & Sons Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081145 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 04 Feb 2016, 13:41:03 EST Fri, 05 Feb 2016, 04:01:08 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 05:09:24 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:58:45 EST Thu, 08 Sep 2016, 16:14:32 EST Thu, 08 Sep 2016, 16:18:45 EST Thu, 08 Sep 2016, 16:19:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 14 times in TR Web of Science Cited 11 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 278 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 04 Feb 2016, 13:41:03 EST

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