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 . "
Dose relations between goal setting, theory-based correlates of goal setting and increases in physical activity during a workplace trial.
The effectiveness of an intervention depends on its dose and on moderators of dose , which usually are not studied . The purpose of the study is to determine whether goal setting and theory-based moderators of goal setting had dose relations with increases in goal -related physical activity during a successful workplace intervention . A  group-r and omized 12-week intervention that included personal goal setting was implemented in fall 2005 , with a multiracial/ethnic sample of employees at 16 geographically diverse worksites . Here , we examined dose-related variables in the cohort of participants ( N = 664 ) from the 8 worksites r and omized to the intervention . Participants in the intervention exceeded 9000 daily pedometer steps  and 300 weekly minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ( MVPA )  during the last 6 weeks of the study , which approximated or exceeded current public health guidelines . Linear growth modeling indicated that participants who set higher goals and sustained higher levels of self-efficacy , commitment and intention about attaining their goals had greater increases in pedometer steps and MVPA . The relation between change in participants ' satisfaction with current physical activity and increases in physical activity was mediated by increases in self-set goals . The results show a dose relation of increased physical activity with changes in goal setting , satisfaction , self-efficacy , commitment and intention , consistent with goal - setting theory
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 . "