Work, Weight, and Wellness: The 3W Program: A Worksite Obesity Prevention and Intervention Trial

A worksite obesity intervention: results from a group-randomized trial.

OBJECTIVES We used a participatory process to develop an obesity intervention appropriate for elementary school personnel. METHODS A randomized controlled trial included 16 school worksites (8 intervention, 8 control). Intervention schools formed committees to develop and implement health promotion activities for employees. Anthropometric and self-report data were collected at baseline and po...

HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention

BACKGROUND U.S. adults are at unprecedented risk of becoming overweight or obese, and most scientists believe the primary cause is an obesogenic environment. Worksites provide an opportunity to shape the environments of adults to reduce obesity risk. The goal of this group-randomized trial was to implement a four-component environmental intervention at the worksite level to positively influence...

Working on wellness (WOW): A worksite health promotion intervention programme

BACKGROUND Insufficient PA has been shown to cluster with other CVD risk factors including insufficient fruit and vegetable intake, overweight, increased serum cholesterol concentrations and elevated blood pressure. This paper describes the development of Working on Wellness (WOW), a worksite intervention program incorporating motivational interviewing by wellness specialists, targeting employe...

The diabetes prevention program: a worksite experience.

The purpose of this study was to determine if the U.S. National Institutes of Health Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) could be successfully implemented in a worksite setting. Thirty-seven adult employees of BD Medical Systems of Sandy, Utah were enrolled in a single-group time-series study using the DPP. Two-hour oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and other outcomes were measured at baseline,...

Wellness at the worksite.