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BACKGROUND:

Sedentariness and physical inactivity are often reported within white-collar workers, including university campus employees. However, the prevalence of the associated sedentary risk factors and risk reduction intervention strategies within a university campus workplace are less known.

OBJECTIVE:

This study investigates whether the prevalence of sedentary risk factors within university campus employees could be reduced with a campus based exercise intervention.

METHODS:

56 UK university employees (age= 50.7±10.2, stature= 1.68. 8±8.6, body mass= 73.9±15.1) were tested for body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and maximal cardiorespiratory capacity (V ̇ O 2 max). The prevalence was analyzed across genders and job roles. An exercise intervention followed for the sedentary employees involving walking and running for 25 min twice/week …