Effect of a pedometer-based walking challenge on increasing physical activity levels amongst hospital workers
Abstract Background More than 50% of Qatari adults are physically inactive. The workplace is an excellent environment to implement cost-effective, efficient behavioural physical activity (PA) interventions to increase PA. This study evaluated whether a pedometer-based walking challenge would increas...
Main Authors: | Abdulla S. Al-Mohannadi, Suzan Sayegh, Izzeldin Ibrahim, Ahmad Salman, Abdulaziz Farooq |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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Series: | Archives of Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-019-0368-7 |
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