Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees

Study aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of a social media exercise platform (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) on the level of physical activity, physical fitness, wellbeing and body weight of the service users. Material and methods: The subject group consisted of 2862 i...

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Main Authors: Santtila Matti, Grönqvist Kalle, Räisänen Jussi, Kyröläinen Heikki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-05-01
Series:Biomedical Human Kinetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2016-0010
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spelling doaj-b624ed4f15f04608b2c54c7b6cb191bf2021-09-05T20:42:19ZengSciendoBiomedical Human Kinetics2080-22342016-05-0181657110.1515/bhk-2016-0010bhk-2016-0010Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employeesSanttila Matti0Grönqvist Kalle1Räisänen Jussi2Kyröläinen Heikki3Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, National Defence University, Helsinki, FinlandH2Wellbeing, Helsinki, FinlandH2Wellbeing, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, National Defence University, Helsinki, FinlandStudy aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of a social media exercise platform (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) on the level of physical activity, physical fitness, wellbeing and body weight of the service users. Material and methods: The subject group consisted of 2862 individuals who voluntarily participated in a web survey. Their age, gender, body mass index, physical fitness level and activity information were self-reported.https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2016-0010physical activity fitness overweight
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author Santtila Matti
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Räisänen Jussi
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Grönqvist Kalle
Räisänen Jussi
Kyröläinen Heikki
Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
Biomedical Human Kinetics
physical activity
fitness
overweight
author_facet Santtila Matti
Grönqvist Kalle
Räisänen Jussi
Kyröläinen Heikki
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title Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
title_short Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
title_full Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
title_fullStr Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
title_full_unstemmed Impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
title_sort impact of a social media exercise service on individuals and employees
publisher Sciendo
series Biomedical Human Kinetics
issn 2080-2234
publishDate 2016-05-01
description Study aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of a social media exercise platform (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) on the level of physical activity, physical fitness, wellbeing and body weight of the service users. Material and methods: The subject group consisted of 2862 individuals who voluntarily participated in a web survey. Their age, gender, body mass index, physical fitness level and activity information were self-reported.
topic physical activity
fitness
overweight
url https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2016-0010
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