Abstract
This chapter describes obesity-prevention programs in the workplace. Many employers have dropped health-insurance coverage for their workers. Employees' poor health imposes an extra cost burden on employers, who have a strong incentive for keeping their workers healthy and fit. Many more health-promotion interventions are possible in a closed system such as the workplace, where greater effect on behavior and the environment is possible. Leadership support becomes increasingly important as programs seek to modify the workplace environment and mobilize social influence factors. In general, the data indicate that within closed systems such as employer settings, where employers control program investments in health and tightly control intervention costs, workplace programs may not only be health beneficial, but also cost beneficial. Recommendations are offered to federal, state, and local policy makers as actions they can take to encourage increased adoption of evidence-based workplace health-promotion and obesity-management programs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199940684, 9780199736362 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 18 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Employees
- Employers
- Health insurance
- Obesity
- Workplace programs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
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Workplace Obesity Prevention Programs. / Goetzel, Ronnie; Kowlessar, Niranjana; Roemer, Enid; Pei, Xiaofei; Tabrizi, Maryam; Liss-Levinson, Rivka C.; Samoly, Daniel; Waddell, Jessica.
The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity. Oxford University Press, 2012.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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