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Commentary on "Feasibility of a walking workstation to increase daily walking"
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P Cejudo, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain; pilarcejudo@terra.es
Feasibility of a walking workstation to increase daily walking
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The current study continues with the research line about promoting physical activity in the workplace. The authors use the Vertical Work Station, an already known device that is specially designed to incorporate a treadmill into a work desk, allowing subjects to work whilst walking in front of the computer. Previously published data showed an increase in energy expenditure during the walking-and-working activity in obese office workers, as compared to seated work, and, consequently, facilitating weight loss. This new study demonstrated how easily a group of employees became adapted to the use of the workstation in a common work setting and how they increased their daily activity. Therefore, the workstation is a useful instrument to help with control of weight in obese individuals and avoid sedentariness, and achieve the many potential benefits obtained from the habitual practice of aerobic activities.
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