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A Retrospective Study of the Effects of an Incentive Based Fitness and Well Being Intervention Has on Body Fat Loss and Cardiovascular Fitness at a Corporate Work Site

Koford, Michelle A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1408709892

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2014, MS, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Health Education.
The purpose of this study was to examine if a worksite location has a potential for implementing a successful incentive based weight loss intervention within overweight employees. This study also examined the effects an incentive based weight loss intervention has on the fitness and wellbeing of employees from pretest to posttest. The following primary research questions were examined in this study: 1) Is there a significant change in body fat of employees from pretest to posttest? 2) Is there a significant change in cardiovascular fitness between pretest to posttest?. The following secondary research questions were examined in this study: 1) Is there a significant change in resting heart rate from pretest to posttest? 2) Is there a significant difference in the body fat percentage lost between females and males? 3) Is there a significant difference in the body fat percentage lost between different age groups?. Participants of this study were current employees of a corporate worksite who were interested in losing weight (N=49). Paired sample t-tests and independent sample t –tests revealed that there was a significant decrease in body fat and a significant increase in cardiovascular fitness from pretest to posttest among participants. Testing also reveled a significant decrease in resting heart rate from pretest to posttest, a significant difference in the amount of body fat percentage lost between females and males, with females losing a significant greater amount, and no difference in body fat lost between age groups. Health educators and fitness specialists when designing and implementing wellbeing and weight loss interventions within a corporate worksite should consider findings.
Rebecca Vidourek, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Keith King, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Thomas Palmer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
23 p.
Health Education
Corporate Worksite; Physical Activity; Cardiovascular Health; Weight Loss

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  • Koford, M. A. (2014). A Retrospective Study of the Effects of an Incentive Based Fitness and Well Being Intervention Has on Body Fat Loss and Cardiovascular Fitness at a Corporate Work Site [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1408709892

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Koford, Michelle. A Retrospective Study of the Effects of an Incentive Based Fitness and Well Being Intervention Has on Body Fat Loss and Cardiovascular Fitness at a Corporate Work Site. 2014. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1408709892.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Koford, Michelle. "A Retrospective Study of the Effects of an Incentive Based Fitness and Well Being Intervention Has on Body Fat Loss and Cardiovascular Fitness at a Corporate Work Site." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1408709892

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