Physical Activity Promotion in Worksites

It is somewhat of a paradox that a textbook on Physical Activity and Public Health Practice includes a chapter on Physical Activity Promotion in Worksites. Why? Because many of the —rst studies that gave us clues to the bene—cial health effects of physical activity on chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer came from worksite cohorts. For example, it was the early work of Morris in workers of the

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 277 Why the Workplace? What Is the Rationale? ......................................................... 278 Early Worksite Physical Activity Programs ........................................................... 279 Contemporary Worksite Physical Activity Interventions ....................................... 281

Theoretical Orientation ..................................................................................... 282 Baseline Assessments ........................................................................................ 283

Contemporary Worksite Interventions: Strategies .................................................284 Individual-Level Approaches ............................................................................285