Workplace Obesity Prevention

Obesity and the workplace.

The recent publication of a massive global study (9.1 million participants in 199 countries and territories over 28 years) serves to reemphasize the astonishing worldwide spread of human obesity [1]. Between 1980 and 2008, mean body mass index (BMI) increased 0.4 kg/m per decade in men and 0.5 kg/m per decade in women. Across those three decades, age-standardized obesity rates doubled: by 2008,...

The costs of obesity in the workplace.

OBJECTIVE To quantify per capita and aggregate medical expenditures and the value of lost productivity, including absenteeism and presenteeism, because of overweight, and grade I, II, and III obesity among U.S. employees. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and the 2008 National Health and Wellness Survey. RESULTS Among men, estimates range from -$3...

prevention of childhood obesity

Japanese workplace health management in pneumoconiosis prevention

OBJECTIVE The Japanese government established the Pneumoconiosis Law in 1960 to protect health and promote the welfare of workers engaged in dust-exposed works. This article describes Japanese practice in workplace health management as regulated by the Pneumoconiosis Law to reduce pneumoconiosis in Japan. METHODS We collected information addressing pneumoconiosis and the health care of dust-e...

Improving your workplace violence prevention program.