A tool for measuring workers' sitting time by domain: the Workforce Sitting Questionnaire.

Background: Sitting time is an emerging health risk, and many working adults spend large amounts of time sitting each day. It is important to have reliable and accurate measurement tools to assess sitting time in different contexts.

Objective: To validate the Workforce Sitting Questionnaire (WSQ), an adapted measure of total and domain-specific sitting time based on work and non-workdays for use in working adults.

Validity of the occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire.

Purpose: Sitting at work is an emerging occupational health risk. Few instruments designed for use in population-based research measure occupational sitting and standing as distinct behaviors. This study aimed to develop and validate brief measure of occupational sitting and physical activity.

Are general practitioners ready and willing to tackle obesity management?

Objective: To investigate general practitioners' (GPs') knowledge, role perception, confidence and practices of managing adult and childhood overweight and obesity, and to explore the association with GPs' attendance at Continuing Professional Development (CPD) on overweight and obesity.

Methods: In 2007, all GPs in seven Divisions of general practice in New South Wales were sent a questionnaire on GPs perceptions and practices of weight counselling.

Results: 646 GPs participated (40% response rate).