Published: August 01, 2008
'Office of the Future' Environment Study
Newswise - Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity or NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). The study began in late 2007 and ended in 2008 at SALO, LLC, a Minneapolis-based financial staffing firm. Of the 45 employee volunteers involved in the scientific study, 18 were studied for weight loss and other changes.
* Advising staff about nutrition
* The nine participants who had expressed a desire to lose weight lost an average of 15.4 pounds.
Another key finding -- no productivity was lost due to the new environment. In fact, company officials say revenue rose nearly 10 percent during the first three months of the study, and the company recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue in January 2008 -- the study's midpoint.
This "office of the future" is a functional environment that can also enhance weight loss and maintain health.
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Source: Mayo Clinic
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