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Background: Office workers with sedentary life styles might be at risk to become obese and later develop cardiovascular risk factors. A life style modification campaign (LSMC) had been introduced to 4,300 provincial electricity officers (PEO) during July 2007-June 2008. The campaign was designed with the aim to encourage behavioral change within a large organization. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the LSMC on improving health status among PEOs who attended the program regularly, occasionally, and rarely. Methods: A quasi experimental study was performed to compare pre- and post- health status records (HSR) including: body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), waist-hip circumference ratio (WHC), skin fold measurement (SFM), hand grip strength (HG), body flexibility (BF) and cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) of the PEOs who attended the LSMC. Results: After 1 year of LSMC, there were 173 PEOs who completed the program. Within the regularly attending group, we found statistically significant improvement in BMI, SBP, WHC, SFM, and CRF with p-values of 0.02, 0.03, |
