Obesity, Physical Activity
Conditions
Keywords
Sustainable diet, Health promotion, Obesity
Brief summary
The aim of this protocol is to use a multidisciplinary approach to convey nutrition and activity messages to randomly selected Hadassah Medical Center employees. The intervention will be for one academic year and include frontal talks, email and internet focus group interactions, public demonstrations and a focused intervention within the hospital kitchen. The outcomes are specific parameters of dietary modifications, degree of physical activity and health related perspectives. Outcomes will be recorded at baseline and by the end of the intervention ( one year).
Detailed description
The participants will be selected randomly from the campus employees. They will be exposed to multiple levels of health promotion at the work place as well as via multiple media tools. Analysis will be performed at baseline by using multiple nutrition and health perception questionnaires. A second group from the employees will be selected for assessment of the same outcomes at the end of the year.
Interventions
Multi disciplinary nutritional and behavioral messages to improve diet and activity levels
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Hadassah medical center employees Age 21-67 \-
Exclusion criteria
\- Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in amount of fruit/vegetable consumption per day | one year | Amount of fruit/vegetable consumption will be evaluated via questionnaires |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amount of physical activity per week | one year | Amount of physical activity will be assessed via questionnaires |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amount of soft drinks consumed per day | one year | The amount of soft drinks consumed per day will be assessed via questionnaires |
Countries
Israel