Wellness Interventions for Sustainable Healthy Lifestyles Promotion in Tactical Populations
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2022) | Viewed by 33409
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Interests: physical activity; fitness; exercise physiology; health promotion; body composition; human performance; special education; nutrition; tactical populations; sport psychology; strength and conditioning; combat sport; data analysis; research methodology
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Dear Colleagues,
Tactical populations, such as police officers, firefighters, emergency responders, and military personnel, require a high level of physical preparation to be able to perform their job tasks. However, the sedentary nature of certain tactical occupations can significantly reduce personnel fitness levels. As such, even though tactical professions require a high level of fitness, maintaining this fitness may be difficult during work hours. Furthermore, shift work, which is common in tactical occupations, can reduce the desire to exercise. The downstream effect of this lower level of workday physical activity can be seen in higher levels of obesity and higher BMI scores in police officers, firefighters, and military personnel in comparison to the general population. For this reason, tactical populations have a high risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease. Stress, poor nutrition, sedentary behaviors, cigarette smoking, and shift work all have an additive effect, leading to a higher potential for chronic diseases. Fitness programs can successfully target these risk factors with an evidence-based approach. Physical training and nutritional intervention to improve fitness have associated health benefits, such as reducing obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease.
This Special Issue offers an opportunity to focus on the impact of physical activity, exercise, and nutrition on chronic disease prevention and psychophysical health in tactical populations, from the perspective of sustainability. A wide range of topics will be included in this issue related, but not limited, to the physical and mental wellbeing of employees; the implementation and effectiveness of fitness programs in the workplace; the engagement of managers in health initiatives, promoting sustainable healthy lifestyles for employees; health and wellbeing education interventions in workplace settings; and the impact of wellness interventions on work engagement and performance and/or productivity. Investigators that have researched these topics are invited to submit reviews and descriptive or experimental studies for consideration for this Special Issue of Sustainability.
Dr. Gianpiero Greco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Tactical population
- Physical activity
- Exercise
- Health
- Wellbeing
- Nutrition
- Sustainable lifestyle
- Disease prevention
- Fitness
- Occupational health
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