Lifestyle counseling to reduce body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors among truck and bus drivers – a randomized controlled trial

Lifestyle counseling to reduce body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors among truck and bus drivers – a randomized controlled trial

OBJECTIVES: We conducted a randomized trial among overweight long-distance drivers to study the effects of structured lifestyle counseling on body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors. METHODS: Men with waist circumference >100 cm were randomized into a lifestyle counseling (LIFE, N=55) and a...

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Main Authors: Jatta Puhkala, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Kirsi Mansikkamäki, Minna Aittasalo, Christer Hublin, Paula Kärmeniemi, Seppo Olkkonen, Markku Partinen, Mikael Sallinen, Kari Tokola, Mikael Fogelholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2015-01-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:
body weight
metabolic syndrome
nutrition
weight loss
walking
mes
lifestyle counseling
cardiometabolic risk factor
truck driver
bus driver
risk factor
professional driver
exercise
obesity
randomized controlled trial
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