Interventions integrating physical activity into organizational routine during everyday life have demonstrated modest but consistent benefits , particularly for physical activity , and these are promising avenues of investigation .
The proportionately longer-term outcomes available in these studies compared with individual-level studies suggest that physical activity promotion strategies at the organizational level may be more sustainable
CONTEXT Recommended daily physical activity accumulated in short intervals ( e.g. , < 10 minutes ) may be more feasible and appealing to the relatively sedentary populace than longer bouts .
The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of the evidence for the effectiveness of short activity bouts incorporated into organizational routine as part of the regular " conduct of business . "
The Los Angeles Lift Off: a sociocultural environmental change intervention to integrate physical activity into the workplace.
PURPOSE To present the development and feasibility testing of a sociocultural environmental change intervention strategy aim ed at integrating physical activity into workplace routine . DESIGN R and omized , controlled , post-test only , intervention trial . Setting . Los Angeles County Department of Health Services ' worksites . PARTICIPANTS Four hundred forty-nine employees , predominantly sedentary , overweight , middle-aged women of color , distributed across 26 meetings . INTERVENTION A single 10-min exercise break during work time involving moderate intensity , low-impact aerobic dance and calisthenic movements to music . MEASURES Primary -level of participation , particularly among sedentary staff ; secondary -self-perceived health status , satisfaction with current fitness level , and mood/affective state . RESULTS More than 90 % of meeting attendees participated in the exercises . Among completely sedentary individuals , intervention participants ' self-perceived health status ratings were significantly lower than controls ' ( OR = 0.17 ; 95 % CI = 0.05 , 0.60 ; P = 0.0003 ) . Among all respondents not regularly physically active , intervention participants ' levels of satisfaction with fitness were more highly correlated with self-ranked physical activity stage of change ( r = 0.588 ) than the control participants ' ( r = 0.376 , z = -2.32 , p = 0.02 ) . Among the completely sedentary , control participants reported significantly higher levels of energy than did intervention participants ( P < 0.01 ) . CONCLUSIONS Captive audiences may be engaged in brief bouts of exercise as a part of the workday , regardless of physical activity level or stage of change . This experience may also appropriately erode sedentary individuals ' self-perception of good health and fitness , providing motivation for adoption of more active lifestyles
Interventions integrating physical activity into organizational routine during everyday life have demonstrated modest but consistent benefits , particularly for physical activity , and these are promising avenues of investigation .
The proportionately longer-term outcomes available in these studies compared with individual-level studies suggest that physical activity promotion strategies at the organizational level may be more sustainable
CONTEXT Recommended daily physical activity accumulated in short intervals ( e.g. , < 10 minutes ) may be more feasible and appealing to the relatively sedentary populace than longer bouts .
The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of the evidence for the effectiveness of short activity bouts incorporated into organizational routine as part of the regular " conduct of business . "