1. Worksite physical activity interventions and obesity: a review of European studies (the HOPE Project)
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Johannes Brug, Cyrus Rostami, Eveline Van Cauwenberghe, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Lea Maes, Frank J. van Lenthe, Jean-Michel Oppert, Anne Vuillemin, Public Health, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Public Health, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Department of public health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University Medical Centre, Unité de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (UREN), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), The project this paper is part of has been being carried out with financial support from the Commission of the European Communities, SP5A-CT-2006-044128 'Health-Promotion through Obesity Prevention across Europe (HOPE): an Integrated Analysis to Support European Health Policy'. The study does not necessarily reflect the Commission's views and in no way anticipates the Commission's future policy in this area., Epidemiology and Data Science, and EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes
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Gerontology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,validity ,Health (social science) ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Physical fitness ,Psychological intervention ,Physical activity ,Obesity ,Intervention studies ,Worksite ,External ,endocrinology and metabolism ,nutrition and dietetics ,Transportation ,Health Promotion ,biofilm ,law.invention ,External validity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Randomized controlled trial ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,law ,Physiology (medical) ,Intervention (counseling) ,Medicine ,Humans ,Generalizability theory ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Workplace ,Exercise ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,communauté microbienne ,030505 public health ,business.industry ,Evidence-based medicine ,culture ,Europe ,Physical Fitness ,Physical therapy ,Original Article ,environnement abiotique ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Summary Objective: Our aim was to review the effectiveness of physical activity promotion interventions in the worksite setting in Europe in order to identify those studies that had measured obesity-related outcomes and to evaluate how external validity of the findings had been assessed. Methods: We conducted a review of studies conducted in Europe, published up to December 2009. We assessed levels of evidence regarding effectiveness and analysed external validity using the RE-AIM framework. Results: Studies included (n = 33) were divided in 6 intervention categories. Moderate evidence of effectiveness was found for physical fitness outcomes with exercise training interventions and for physical activity outcomes with active commuting interventions. There was no or inconclusive evidence for obesity-related outcomes for all intervention categories. For external validity, elements receiving the least attention (
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- 2011
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