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In July 2018, we began enrolling call centers in the Active Workplace Study, a randomized trial to measure the impact of a workplace sedentary behavior intervention. The study design included four customer service call centers (two intervention and two control), and measures included an online survey, a physical health assessment, physiological markers of health, and physical activity accelerometry. 9, 10 Three of the four worksites completed the full study protocol as planned. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic a shift in the study protocol was required for the fourth worksite, providing an opportunity to examine the role of work as a social determinant of health. In December 2019, we completed baseline enrollment and data collection with the fourth worksite (n¼43), and the worksite, which had been randomly assigned to the control condition, began the study protocol. In March 2020, COVID-19 mandates 11 …