Author ORCID Identifier

M. Courtney Hughes: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-1601

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

Objective: To examine the health and economic outcomes associated with a comprehensive weight management program delivered to employees.

Methods: Data collected on 516 individuals participating in a lifestyle-based weight management program delivered to employees from three corporations were analyzed at baseline and intervention-end (26 or 52 weeks). One-year post-intervention data for two subgroups were examined for pharmaceutical use (n ! 61) and health outcomes (n ! 46).

Results: Average body weight decreased 5.4% (P " 0.001) and average waist circumference decreased 7.2% (P " 0.001). Average blood pressure, Beck Depression Inventory scores, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale scores improved (P " 0.001). At 1-year post-intervention, weight loss was maintained in a subgroup of 46 individuals. The average number of prescription drugs taken per participant decreased 44% in a subgroup of 61 individuals.

Conclusions: An employersponsored, comprehensive weight management program may decrease weight, improve obesity-related outcomes, improve depressive symptoms, and decrease costs.

First Page

1212

Last Page

1217

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318159489d

Publication Date

2007

Original Citation

Hughes, M. C., Girolami, T. M., Cheadle, A. D., Harris, J. R., & Patrick, D. L. (2007). A lifestyle-based weight management program delivered to employees: examination of health and economic outcomes. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 49(11), 1212-1217

Department

School of Health Studies

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