The Health Action Process Approach and Movement Patterns in Adult Office Workers

In the experimental condition, participants will receive sedentary behaviour and diabetes information in the form of a slide show that will be viewed online. The intervention aims to address all components of the Health Action Process Approach. For the experimental group, the intervention material will target risk perceptions (RP) related to sitting by presenting evidence supported by research on sedentary behaviour and diabetes risk; outcome expectancies (OE) by presenting research on the effectiveness of breaking up sedentary time for improving blood sugar and insulin levels; and self-efficacy (SE) by providing strategies on how to reduce and break up sitting time.

In the attention-control, participants will receive information in the form of a slide show that will be viewed online. The intervention aims to address all components of the Health Action Process Approach. The attention-control slide show will take the same approach as the Experimental group slideshow but the slides will be geared towards meeting moderate-vigorous physical activity guidelines.