Are interventions to reduce sitting at workplace effective?
Clinical Scenario It is common for family physicians in developing nations like India to encounter patients whose profession demands sedentary lifestyle. Such patients present with back problems, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and ask doctors for advice on how to decrease sitting. Wo...
Main Authors: | Nipun Shrestha, Soumyadeep Bhaumik |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2015;volume=4;issue=3;spage=331;epage=332;aulast=Shrestha |
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