Workplace Physical Activity Intervention Programs: Costs and Benefits

Abstract

The execution time of the Workplace Physical Activity Intervention is not clear in the literature, in which some authors recommend to organize programs with weekly duration of about 3 hours and 45 minutes. This amount of spent time makes the cost of Workplace Physical Activity Intervention greater than the possible benefits. The Workplace Physical Activity Intervention generates costs for institutions, such as the hiring of professionals, materials that will be used and the hours left to perform physical exercises. However, this expense may be lower if the company opts for Workplace Physical Activity Intervention proposals that are shorter in duration but prove their benefits to employees and the contracting institution. From this perspective, the purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the cost and benefit of the traditional Workplace Physical Activity Intervention and the proposal of Laux.