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As a Public Health professional what policy, you will make for organization to promote physical activity among working people to reduce their sedentary lifestyle
As a Public Health professional following policy, can be used to promote physical activity among working people to reduce their sedentary lifestyle
✓Encourage walking and bicycling for transportation as well as a recreation for working people. It will also help in improving the environment.
✓Create opportunities for training/ physical activity.
✓Conduct a mapping program to understand the local opportunities for physical exercise including parks, gyms, sports clubs .
✓Encourage the use of stairs and walkways instead of lift.
✓ Arrange a program at corporate rate for the localgym or swimming pool.
✓Arrange and provide work time access to free phone health related information and coaching service about ways to overcome occupational illness.
✓Provide onsite physical activity classes like yoga, Pilates etc.
✓Adults should also do some muscle strengthening activities mild to moderate intensity and which involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week.