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A 12-month workplace-based lifestyle intervention combining diet, physical exercise, and cognitive behavioral training produces significant, sustained weight loss (approx. 6 kg) and reduced body fat in overweight female healthcare workers.
For overweight female healthcare workers, a structured 12-month program combining a moderate caloric deficit (1,000-1,200 kcal/day), weekly supervised exercise (strength and aerobic), and cognitive behavioral training conducted during work hours leads to significant, sustained weight loss (approx. 6 kg). The key is integrating the program into the workday to ensure compliance and leveraging social support within work teams.
The intervention generated substantial reductions in body weight, BMI and body fat percentage among overweight female health care workers over 12 months.
Why this rating
Cluster-randomized controlled trial with high adherence (85%) and intention-to-treat analysis, though limited to a specific demographic.
Source
Weight loss among female health care workers- a 1-year workplace based randomized controlled trial in the FINALE-health study
Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen et al. · BMC Public Health · 2012
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