■美国许多职业久坐的方面以及美国工人在工作场所花费的时间使其成为实施健康促进计划的理想地点。
■这项研究评估了具有目标设定功能的免费智能手机应用程序的有效性,以增加身体活动(PA)和影响人体测量,体重(BM),和身体成分(BC)的变化超重和肥胖的妇女在社区卫生劳动力。18名超重和肥胖(体重指数[BMI]=32.18±4.48kg/m2),成人(50.73±8.76岁),女性志愿者,在8周内使用免费的智能手机应用程序(StridekickTM)跟踪每日步数。程序前和程序后的身体成分(BC)测量包括:相对(%)体脂(BF),脂肪量(FM),无脂质量(FFM),和瘦质量(LM),使用双X射线吸收法(DEXA扫描),和五次人体测量(二头肌,腰部,腹部,臀部,和大腿)。
■程序前-程序后平均每日步数导致二头肌的人体测量学变化显着,臀部,和大腿尺寸,随着FFM令人鼓舞的变化,LM,和相对(%)BF。该应用程序的目标设定功能并未导致实验组和对照组之间的显着差异。在FM中没有发现差异,BMI,腰部,与完成的步骤相比,腹部或步骤目标。
■一项职业PA健康促进干预计划,通过StridekickTM智能手机应用程序跟踪每日步数,从而实现了人体测量,BM,BC的变化。
■工作场所是通过免费的智能手机应用程序影响健康行为变化的理想场所,以提高PA并改善健康状况。
UNASSIGNED: The sedentary aspects of many U.S. occupations and the amount of time American workers spend in the workplace make it an ideal location to implement health promotion programs.
UNASSIGNED: This study assessed the effectiveness of a free smartphone app with a goal-setting feature to increase physical activity (PA) and impact anthropometric, body mass (BM), and body composition (BC) changes among overweight and obese women within a community health workforce. Eighteen overweight and obese (body mass index [BMI] = 32.18 ± 4.48 kg/m2), adult (50.73 ± 8.76 years), female volunteers, tracked daily steps with a free smartphone app (StridekickTM) over an 8-week period. Pre- and post-program body composition (BC) measurements included: relative (%) body fat (BF), fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM), and lean mass (LM), using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA scan), and five anthropometric measurements (biceps, waist, abdomen, hips, and thigh).
UNASSIGNED: Pre- to post-program average daily steps resulted in significant anthropometric changes for biceps, hips, and thigh measures, with encouraging changes in FFM, LM, and relative (%) BF. The goal-setting feature of the app did not result in significant differences between the experimental and control groups. No differences were noted in FM, BMI, waist, and abdomen or step goals compared with steps completed.
UNASSIGNED: An occupational PA health promotion intervention program that tracked daily steps through the StridekickTM smartphone app resulted in anthropometric, BM, and BC changes.
UNASSIGNED: The workplace is an ideal location to affect change in health behaviors via a free smartphone app to increase PA and improve health.