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. 2017 Apr 17;17:319. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4229-4

Table 4.

Actionsa implemented at the three levels (organization, working unit, employee) in the participating workplaces for increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior

Actions by level Actions implemented in the 12 workplaces (1–12)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ORGANIZATION
 Providing staff with Sit and Stand desks X X X X X X X
 Standing desks in the meeting rooms and collective spaces X X
 Exercise equipment for the collective use X X X X X X
 Shared bicycle for work-related errands X
 Nutritional campaign in collaboration with the restaurant staff X
 Replacing of copy machines to increase daily steps X
 Stair posters beside the elevators X X
 Documenting breaks from sitting in the organization strategy X
 Introducing walking routes for coffee breaks X
 Providing stability balls for seats X X
 Updating the locker rooms X
 Organizing physical activity day/days X X
 Engaging occupational health care in physical activity promotion X X X X
 Nominating a wellbeing team X X
 Incentive to use one hour working time per week for physical activity X
 Purchasing saddle stools X
WORKING UNIT
 Arranging instructed physical activity breaks X X X
 Standing up during meetings (staff) X X X
 Providing information on wellbeing in the folders placed in the coffee rooms X X X
 Having stand-up meetings (management group) X
 Offering lectures on physical activity, diet, rest etc. X X X X X
 Providing instruction sheets for physical activity breaks X
 Giving guidance on how to use physical activity equipment X
 Providing a possibility for physical activity experiments X X X X X
 Arranging fitness tests/impedance measurements X X X X
 Having walking and stand-up meetings (staff) X X X
 Reminding about and encouraging to stand in weekly meetings X
 Having walking meetings X X
 Arranging stand-up coffee breaks during meetings X
 Campaigning for active commuting to work X
 Arranging weekly group-exercise X
INDIVIDUAL
 Wall pictures reminding about breaks from sitting X X X
 Breaks from sitting at one’s workstation during newscast X
 Instructed exercise program for physical activity breaks X X
 E-mail messages and information on increasing physical activity X
 Including conversation on physical activity and rest in individual development discussions X
 Activity monitors to all employees X
 Individual physical activity counseling based on impedance measurements X X
 Individual goals for bicycling X
Total number of actions per workplace 9 2 10 8 10 3 11 4 3 3 8 11

aInformation collected from the action-plans of the workplaces. Minor revisions made by the authors for better correspondence of actions and levels