Activity Level and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Physical Workload During Working Career.
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SUBMITTER: Manttari SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933204 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
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Activity Level and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Physical Workload During Working Career.
Mänttäri Satu K SK Oksa Juha A H JAH Virkkala Jussi J Pietilä Julia A K JAK
Safety and health at work 20190909 4
The increasing prevalence of inactivity and obesity, along with aging, has implications on work capacity of labor force. This study reports the relationships between activity level and BMI by age with objectively measured physical workload. Data were examined from a sample of 19 481 Finnish employees using an estimate of minute-to-minute oxygen consumption based on R-R interval recordings. The mean estimated %VO<sub>2</sub>max during the working day was 12.1 (±3.6) and 15.1 (±4.5)% for men and w ...[more]
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