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Sedentary Work (Pronk) - Coggle Diagram
Sedentary Work (Pronk)
Negative impacts
independent RF for poor health outcomes
Associated with
obesity
DM
impaired glucose uptake
Insulin resistance
Some cancers
↑ CVD
↓workplace productivity
↑decline in occupational related energy expenditure
Prevalence ↑ from 50% to 80% over past 5 decades
May account for 80% of av. ↑ in body weight
definition = <1.5 METs
Impacts of active workstations
↓ sitting time
↑ Energy expenditure
+ive effects on several health markers
no -ive effects on work performance
no acute effect on cognitive function
no straightforward findings wrt computer task performance
Interventions resulting in +ive outcomes
sit-stand workstations
breaking up prolonged siting
improving work performane
improving moood
+ive health outcomes
physical activity breaks
Prompting to reduce sitting time
treadmill workstations
↑ overall energy expenditure
stairwell walking
skip-stop elevators
strengthening and flexibility breaks
Short breaks every 10-15mins
significant short and long term improvements
how employees feel
Opinion of employer support of healthy lifestyle
indicators of physical fitness
hand strength
flexibility
eye strain
Best-practice design dimensions for worksite health programs
leadership
relevance
partnership
comprehensiveness
impementation
engagement
communicaiton
being data driven
compliance
improve implementation by
simple
socially rewarding
fiancially rewarding
personally relevant
organisationally relelvant