BACKGROUND: Sitting time is a prevalent health risk among office-based workers.
PURPOSE: To examine, using a pilot study, the efficacy of an intervention to reduce office …

Background Prolonged sitting time is detrimental for health. Individuals with desk-based
occupations tend to sit a great deal and sit-stand workstations have been identified as a …

Background Desk-based office employees sit for most of their working day. To address
excessive sitting as a newly identified health risk, best practice frameworks suggest a multi …

Background Excessive sitting time is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality and
morbidity independent of physical activity. This aim of this study was to evaluate the impact …

Background: Prolonged sitting time has been associated with adverse health outcomes.
Interventions at work may contribute to reduced sitting. The objective was to test if a …

Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether installation of sit-stand desks
(SSDs) could lead to decreased sitting time during the workday among sedentary office …

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the short-term efficacy of a multicomponent intervention to
reduce office workers' sitting time. METHODS: Allocation for this non-randomized controlled …

Long uninterrupted sedentary periods, independent of total sedentary time, are risk factors
for poor health. There is little objective data relating to workplace sedentary behaviour and …

Sedentary behavior is highly prevalent in office-based workplaces; however, few studies
have assessed the attributes associated with this health risk factor in the workplace setting …