Employer schemes to encourage walking to work: feasibility study incorporating an exploratory randomised controlled trial
Background: Physical inactivity increases the risk of many chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. Increasing physical activity levels, particularly among the most sedentary, is an important aim of current public health policy in the UK. An oppo...
Main Authors: | Suzanne Audrey, Sunita Procter, Ashley Cooper, Nanette Mutrie, William Hollingworth, Adrian Davis, Ruth Kipping, Philip Insall, Kirsty Garfield, Rona Campbell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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NIHR Journals Library
2015-03-01
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Series: | Public Health Research |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3310/phr03040 |
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