Effect of the Stepathlon pedometer program on physical activity, weight and well-being.

The Stepathlon program involves recruitment of participants who are grouped into employer-based teams. Participants are provided with a pedometer, and are encouraged to measure the number of steps they take each day, with a goal of achieving 10,000 steps or more each day. The Stepathlon (https://www.stepathlon.com/) is conducted as a competition, with the objective of the event being to maximise step counts achieved by employer-based teams. The program utilises mobile/web-delivered self monitoring of step counts as a support tool. As part of the event, individual participants have the option of completing a standardized pre- and post-event survey web-based questionnaire. The survey items include step count, weight, days exercised, hours exercised, sitting hours, as well as a series of lifestyle questions. These data have been entered by the Stepathlon organizers into a registry. The project consists of an external analysis of these registry data. The duration of the Stepathlon program is 100 days. The study will be performed on pre- and post-event survey data.