TY - JOUR AU - Christensen, Jeanette R. AU - Faber, Anne AU - Ekner, Dorte AU - Overgaard, Kristian AU - Holtermann, Andreas AU - Søgaard, Karen PY - 2011 DA - 2011/08/27 TI - Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers - a randomized controlled trial JO - BMC Public Health SP - 671 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Health care workers comprise a high-risk workgroup with respect to deterioration and early retirement. There is high prevalence of obesity and many of the workers are overweight. Together, these factors play a significant role in the health-related problems within this sector. The present study evaluates the effects of the first 3-months of a cluster randomized controlled lifestyle intervention among health care workers. The intervention addresses body weight, general health variables, physical capacity and musculoskeletal pain. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-671 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-11-671 ID - Christensen2011 ER -