Production counter can keep you on the move.

Studies show that they are a cost effective motivator to sit less, especially for those with desk jobs

By Mary Elizabeth Dallas

HealthDay reporter

Thursday, June 6 HealthDay News)-move you wear a pedometer, daily physical activity has less, sit motivate, can do more, and shed unwanted pounds, perhaps too, a new study shows.

Researchers from the Indiana University found this type of intervention was particularly helpful for the workers of the EDP of jobs. And they noted, production counters are also a cost effective way, a large number of people as the target.

"Even if someone is running 30 minutes a day, the fact that they sit and not to move, are for a long time for the rest of the day, and for themselves, harm their health and well-being, is physiologically," said one of the researchers of the study, Saurabh Thosar, associate instructor at Indiana University School of public health-Bloomington, in a press release of the University.

Four men and 22 women between the ages of 40 and 66 years participated in the 12-week trial. To monitor their physical activity, she wore a $30-step counter every day, that her lower leg movements tracked.

This special type of pedometer can a computer connected, so that information about the height of the leg movements in the course of time could be downloaded and displayed as a graph. The participants were instructed to download their data once in a week. Were in the periods they showed no leg movements she prompted, be more active. They were also tips on diet and exercise twice a week via email.

In the course of the study, the researchers found that participants were more physically active, in turn an average drop in the men and women of almost 2.5 pounds.

"This is a very simple intervention, which can reach a large number of people at low cost", co author of the study said, Jeanne Johnston, Clinical Associate Professor of the school of public health Department of Kinesiology in the press release. "As companies and communities, physical activity and positive health parameters, such as weight develop programs to increase, there is a need thinking about the costs."

The results of the study were discussed last week annual meeting of the American College of sports medicine in Indianapolis. Data presented at the medical conferences consider preliminary until in a peer reviewed journal published.