the king's whole feasibility study

Conditions: Overweight or Obesity

Summary: office working life has changed dramatically over the last 50 years with digitalization; this is estimated to have decreased the amount of energy (calories) used during work. employees who work long or irregular working hours or experience job strain are more likely to make less healthy food choices. the combination of these factors may contribute to increased body weight during a persons working life. the aim is to investigate the feasibility of an online lifestyle behaviour change intervention in office workers.

office working life has changed dramatically over the last 50 years with digitalization; this is estimated to have decreased the amount of energy (calories) used during work. employees who work long or irregular working hours or experience job strain are more likely to make less healthy food choices. the combination of these factors may contribute to increased body weight during a persons working life. the aim is to investigate the feasibility of an online lifestyle behaviour change intervention in office workers. this feasibility randomized control trial is a remote study and will be conducted online. participants will be randomized to one of two health and well being interventions. the study will last 14 weeks. participants need to attend two on-line study appointments (at the start of week 1 and end of week 14) lasting approximately 30-45 minutes. in weeks 2, 6 and 10 participants will be asked to participate in a personalised one-to-one behaviour change on-line advice session with a research nutritionist/dietitian. each session will last approximately 45 minutes. in weeks 1, 5, 9 and 14 participants will be asked to wear a wrist-worn activity monitor and report what you eat and drink for 3 days.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: * king's college employee (working at least 0.5 wte) * work in a desk/computer-based job role * body mass index (bmi) that is more than 25kg/m2 and waist circumference indicative of increased cardiometabolic risk based on nhs guidelines for different ethnic groups by sex: men - white waist circumference more than 94cm (37-in); men of chinese, asian, african or african-caribbean ethnicity - more than 90cm (35.4in). women - waist circumference more than 80 cm (31.5in) * sleep duration 5 - \<7 hours on average on most weekdays * not actively loosing weight or part of weight management programme (e.g., weight watchers or slimming world) * not under medical advice that contraindicates increasing physical activity and exercising. * not diagnosed with a sleep condition and have no history of chronic use of sleeping aids. * not diagnosed with an eating disorder. * not diagnosis in the last 12 months or currently requiring treatment for: heart attack, stroke, pacemaker, hepatitis or any liver disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic gastrointestinal disorders, thyroid conditions, or cancer (excluding basal carcinoma). * no history of alcohol or drug misuse in the last 2 years. * own a smart phone and technology literate exclusion criteria: * - shift worker (required to work outside 6 am and 8 pm) * pregnant / breastfeeding or have caring responsibilities that would prevent a participant from changing your daily routine.

Keywords: employee lifestyle intervention online health and wellbeing