The StairWELL to Better Health
| Taking the stairs is one way to be more physically active. At work, employees are often presented with a choice between taking the stairs and taking an elevator or escalator. Choosing the stairs instead of the elevator is a quick way for people to add physical activity to their day.
Using the stairs requires little additional time, no wardrobe change, and few additional costs because building code requires stairs. If your building has a staircase, why not start using it now?
One of the reasons employees may not use the stairs as work is because they perceive them as unattractive and/or unsafe. "StairWELL to Better Health" was a low-cost intervention (less than $16,000*), and the data suggest that physical improvements, motivational signs, and music can increase stairwell use among building occupants.
Get the information you need to transform your stairs into StairWELLs for better health. Scroll down the page and on Toolkits. Scroll down the Toolkits page and click on StairWELL.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dec. 2009. |
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