Lifestyle counseling to reduce body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors among truck and bus drivers - a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Jatta Puhkala (Author), Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula (Author), Kirsi Mansikkamäki (Author), Minna Aittasalo (Author), Christer Hublin (Author), Paula Kärmeniemi (Author), Seppo Olkkonen (Author), Markku Partinen (Author), Mikael Sallinen (Author), Kari Tokola (Author), Mikael Fogelholm (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: We conducted a randomized trial among overweight long-distance drivers to study the effects of structured lifestyle counseling on body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors. METHODS: Men with waist circumference >100 cm were randomized into a lifestyle counseling (LIFE, N=55) and a...