Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

N Shrestha, KT Kukkonen‐Harjula… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A large number of people are employed in sedentary occupations. Physical
inactivity and excessive sitting at workplaces have been linked to increased risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Nudges used to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: Results of a scoping review

S Forberger, F Wichmann, CN Comito - Preventive medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical inactivity is one of the most important risk factors for non-communicable diseases.
Workplace health promotion is therefore of growing interest to support an active day using …

Acceptability and feasibility of potential intervention strategies for influencing sedentary time at work: focus group interviews in executives and employees

K De Cocker, C Veldeman, D De Bacquer… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Occupational sitting can be the largest contributor to overall daily sitting time in
white-collar workers. With adverse health effects in adults, intervention strategies to …

[PDF][PDF] Sedentary work. Evidence on an emergent work health and safety issue

L Straker, D Dunstan, N Gilson, G Healy - 2016 - core.ac.uk
Executive summary Sedentary behaviours are characterised as low energy expenditure
behaviours that occur in a sitting or reclining position while awake. Common sedentary …

Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change

P Ten Broeke, B Gardner, DGJ Beckers… - Health psychology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
To improve health and wellbeing, it is crucial that people regularly interrupt their sitting. In
this paper, we propose a framework for examining and changing sitting behavior that …

Perceptions of the acceptability and feasibility of reducing occupational sitting: review and thematic synthesis

NT Hadgraft, CL Brakenridge, DW Dunstan… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Reducing workplace sedentary behaviour (sitting) is a topic of contemporary
public health and occupational health interest. Understanding workers' perspectives on the …

Is sitting invisible? Exploring how people mentally represent sitting

B Gardner, S Flint, AL Rebar, S Dewitt, SK Quail… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Growing evidence suggests that prolonged uninterrupted sitting can be
detrimental to health. Much sedentary behaviour research is reliant on self-reports of sitting …

[HTML][HTML] Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: scoping review

Y Huang, S Benford, H Blake - Journal of medical Internet research, 2019 - jmir.org
Background There is a clear public health need to reduce office workers' sedentary
behaviors (SBs), especially in the workplace. Digital technologies are increasingly being …

Randomized controlled pilot of an intervention to reduce and break-up overweight/obese adults' overall sitting-time

PB Júdice, MT Hamilton, LB Sardinha, AM Silva - Trials, 2015 - Springer
Background Too much prolonged sitting is a prevalent health risk among adults.
Interventions have focused mainly on the workplace, with limited attention to non-work …

Office workers' experiences of attempts to reduce sitting-time: an exploratory, mixed-methods uncontrolled intervention pilot study

S Dewitt, J Hall, L Smith, JP Buckley, SJH Biddle… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Office workers typically sit for most of the workday, which has been linked to
physical and mental ill-health and premature death. This mixed-methods study sought to …