Unhealthy and healthy weight control behaviours among bus operators
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Unhealthy and healthy weight control behaviours among bus operators.
BACKGROUND Urban bus operators are an occupational group with high rates of overweight and obesity. Understanding methods bus operators use for weight control may be important; there may be increased risk for these workers to engage in less healthy weight management behaviours due to stressful working conditions. AIMS To examine the prevalence of unhealthy and healthy weight control behaviour...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr178