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 . "
para tu Salud: Reduction of Weight and Waistlines by Integrating Exercise Breaks into Workplace Organizational Routine
Introduction Proactive worksite strategies that change the physical or sociocultural environment(s ) to incorporate obligatory physical activity may be necessary to engage sedentary people . This study describes implementation and evaluation of an intervention , Pausa para tu Salud ( Pause for Your Health ) , that integrated a brief period of group exercise into the workday . Methods An uncontrolled pretest – post-test study design tested the effects of integrating daily 10-minute exercise breaks during paid work time during January 2003 through January 2004 . A total of 335 Mexican Ministry of Health office workers provided baseline data as a part of routine annual clinical screening examinations . Results Baseline mean body mass index and waist circumferences were 27.8 kg/m2 and 87.6 cm for women and 26.6 kg/m2 and 89.7 cm for men . Complete data were available for 271 ( 80.9 % ) employees at 1-year follow-up . Two-tailed , paired t-test comparisons were used . Body mass index decreased by 0.32 kg/m2 ( P = .05 ) , and waist circumference by 1.6 cm ( P = .0009 ) overall . The body mass index decrease , however , was significant only for men ( −0.43 kg/m2 , P = .03 ) . Multivariate analyses revealed a significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure among women ( z = −2.04 , P = .042 ) . Conclusion The intervention was associated with significant improvements in both measures of body composition . Substantive health and organizational benefits may result from integrating brief periods of physical activity into the workday if these findings are replicated in r and omized controlled trials in other worksites
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 . "