Steps, choices and moral accounting: Observations from a step-counting campaign in the workplace

N Gorm, I Shklovski - Proceedings of the 19th ACM conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Sedentary work is a contributing factor to growing obesity levels worldwide. Research shows
that step-counters can offer a way to motivate greater physical mobility. We present an in-situ …

Understanding walking meetings: drivers and barriers

I Damen, C Lallemand, R Brankaert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
There is increased interest in reducing sedentary behavior of office workers to combat the
negative health effects of prolonged sitting. Walking meetings offer a promising solution to …

Workplace health promotion to facilitate physical activity among office workers in Sweden

O Halling Ullberg, S Toivanen, A Tillander… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Office workers spend most of their working time being sedentary, contributing to a sedentary
lifestyle that increases the risk of developing disease and disability. A gradual decline in …

Participant driven photo elicitation for understanding activity tracking: Benefits and limitations

N Gorm, I Shklovski - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM conference on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Studying in-situ technology use over time can be difficult and this is especially so when
considering technologies such as activity tracking devices explicitly designed to be …

The Office Jungle: Exploring Unusual Ways of Working through Bodily Experimentations

I Damen, I Nieuweboer, H Brombacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Modern office environments foster sitting, a major public health risk, with physical inactivity
being the fourth cause of death worldwide. This provocative pictorial presents the design …

PositionPeak: Stimulating position changes during meetings

I Damen, L Heerkens, A Van Den Broek… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In office environments, workers spend the majority of their workday sitting in a static position
behind a desk or around a meeting table. Prolonged sitting time and sedentary behavior …

Walk as you work: user study and design implications for mobile walking meetings

A Ahtinen, E Andrejeff, M Vuolle… - Proceedings of the 9th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
People's sedentary lifestyle is connected with serious health threats. The goal of our
research is to gain novel insights on ways in which movement during knowledge work can …

The hub: Facilitating walking meetings through a network of interactive devices

I Damen, A Kok, B Vink, H Brombacher, S Vos… - … Publication of the 2020 …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Walking meetings are a promising means to improve healthy behavior at work. By providing
a physically active way of working, walking meetings can reduce our sitting time. Several …

Let's walk at work: persuasion through the brainwolk walking meeting app

A Ahtinen, E Andrejeff, C Harris… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Contemporary knowledge work is typically characterized by sedentary work habits, which in
turn have an impact on workers' well-being and creativity. Persuasive technologies can be …

Bringing Movement to Digital Tasks at the Office: Designing an Acceptably Active Interface Interaction for Sending Emails

P Keller, R Van Den Heuvel, C Lallemand - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While working on a computer typically involves sitting for prolonged periods of time,
sedentary work routines are associated with numerous health issues. To address this …