NEAT - Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity.

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-02-28

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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NEAT consists of the energy expenditure of the physical activities that are non sporting-like and that we perform in our everyday life, such as walking, cleaning, shoveling snow etc. Which occupation we have play a big role in how much we are able to active our NEAT during our days and those who have more active jobs can expend up to 1500kcal more per day than those with sedentary jobs.

This study aims to try and increase NEAT at offices where sedentary time often is high. Participants will be randomized to either an intervention group or to a control group. Participants in the control group will continue to work at their regular desk, but will receive an individual health talk in the beginning of the study where diet and physical activity recommendations will be discussed.Participants in the intervention group will receive the same individual health talk and a treadmill desk, which they will use for 12 months at self-selected speed. They will be recommended to walk on the treadmill for at least 1 hour per day.

Conditions

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Overweight Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Treadmill workstation

Will receive a health talk with recommendations about diet and physical activity habits and will also receive a treadmill workstation at regular office site for 12 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Treadmill workstation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Health talk

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Control group

Will receive a health talk with recommendations about diet and physical activity habits. Will continue to work with conventional office work at their regular desk.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Health talk

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health talk

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

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Office workers with mainly sedentary tasks
* BMI 25-40

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe depression and/or anxiety
* Exhaustion disorder
* Diabetes Mellitus
* Severe cardiovascular disease
* Severe kidney disease
* Musculoskeletal disorders that prohibit walking on a treadmill
* Contraindications for physical activity
* Thyroidea illness
* Pregnancy

* Implanted metal- or electrical devices
* Pregnancy
* Extraneous metal pieces in the body

Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes