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NEAT - Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity.

NCT01997970 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2016-05-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will investigate the effect on Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) when implementing active workstation at offices compared to conventional office work. The primary hypothesis is that this implementation will lead to a significant increase in time spent walking per day.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Treadmill workstation

The intervention group will receive a treadmill workstation for 12 months. They will use this at self-selected speed and will be recommended to use this for at least 1 hour per day. Participants in the control group will continue with conventional office work at their regular desk. Participants in the intervention group will receive four boosting e-mails during the study period, in which they will be encouraged to use the treadmill.

BEHAVIORAL

Health talk

Participants in both groups will receive a health talk with recommendations about diet and physical activity habits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umeå University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tommy Olsson, Professor · Umeå University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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