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 . "
Move to Improve: a randomized workplace trial to increase physical activity.
BACKGROUND Workplaces are important setting s for interventions to increase physical activity , but effects have been modest . PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of Move to Improve , a social-ecologic intervention delivered at the workplace to increase leisure-time physical activity . METHODS A group-r and omized 12-week intervention consisting of organizational action and personal and team goal - setting was implemented in Fall 2005 , with a multi-racial/ethnic sample of 1442 employees at 16 worksites of The Home Depot , Inc. Change in physical activity was analyzed in Fall 2007 using latent growth modeling and latent transition analysis . RESULTS Participants in the intervention had greater increases in moderate and vigorous physical activity and walking compared to participants in a health education control condition . The proportion of participants that met the Healthy People 2010 recommendation for regular participation in either moderate or vigorous physical activity remained near 25 % at control sites during the study but increased to 51 % at intervention sites . During the last 6 weeks of the study , intervention participants exceeded 300 weekly minutes of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and 9000 daily pedometer steps . CONCLUSIONS The results support the feasibility and efficacy of the Move to Improve intervention and the role of goal - setting for attaining increased physical activity levels
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 . "