Does increasing physical activity reduce the excess risk of work disability among overweight individuals?

• Main Authors: Jenni Ervasti (Author), Jaakko Airaksinen (Author), Jaana Pentti (Author), Jussi Vahtera (Author), Sakari Suominen (Author), Marianna Virtanen (Author), Mika Kivimäki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: We examined the extent to which an increase in physical activity would reduce the excess risk of work disability among overweight and obese people (body mass index ≥ 25kg/m^2). METHODS: We used counterfactual modelling approaches to analyze longitudinal data from two Finnish prospective...