An Intervention to Reduce Sitting Time at Work: Effects on Metabolic Health and Inactivity

Following baseline testing, participants will attend a 30-minute individual orientation session, during which they will complete a planning worksheet with a research assistant. They will identify specific strategies they will use to accomplish the pre-specified goal (i.e., to take a 1-minute active break every 30 minutes during the workday). They will also identify potential barriers they will face and devise strategies for overcoming them. The intervention will officially start the Monday after the orientation session and will last for 8 weeks. Participants will receive a weekly email containing tips related to reducing sitting time at work. All participants will complete daily activity logs indicating the time and duration of all breaks from sitting across the 8-week intervention.

Following baseline testing, participants will attend a 30-minute individual orientation session, during which they will complete a planning worksheet with a research assistant. They will identify specific strategies they will use to accomplish the pre-specified goal (i.e., to take two 15-minute activity breaks during each workday). They will also identify potential barriers they will face and devise strategies for overcoming them. The intervention will officially start the Monday after the orientation session and will last for 8 weeks. Participants will receive a weekly email containing tips related to reducing sitting time at work. All participants will complete daily activity logs indicating the time and duration of all breaks from sitting across the 8-week intervention.