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Phone and e-mail counselling are effective for weight management in an overweight working population: a randomized controlled trial

Marieke F van Wier1,2 email, Geertje AM Ariëns1,2,3 email, J Caroline Dekkers1,2,3 email, Ingrid JM Hendriksen2,4 email, Tjabe Smid1,5 email and Willem van Mechelen1,2 email

Department of Public and Occupational Health/EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Body@Work, Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO-VUmc, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Municipal Health Service The Hague, PO Box 12652, 2500 DP The Hague, the Netherlands

TNO Quality of Life, Wassenaarseweg 56, 2333 AL Leiden, the Netherlands

KLM Health Services, PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands

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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:6doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-6

Published: 9 January 2009

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Additional file 1:

Assigned MET-values for the self rated effort levels in each activity domain. Based on the compendium of activities developed by Ainsworth and colleagues [31,32].

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