Prevention of Weight Gain following a Worksite Nutrition and Exercise Program

Thorndike, Anne N.; Sonnenberg, Lillian; Healey, Erica; Myint-U, Khinlei; Kvedar, Joseph C.; Regan, Susan

doi:10.4016/48341.01

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“…A total of 10 studies report the impact of interventions to improve the physical health of health care employees . One study was rated good and another 5 were rated as fair in quality . Four studies were quality assessed as poor …”

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“…As with all systematic reviews, our searches remain open to publication bias—though it should be noted that a number of studies in this review presented nonsignificant results . Additionally, despite adopting a wide‐ranging search strategy, we are also limited by the confines of our approach and accept that there will be articles that escaped our study design.…”

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“…Of the 10 interventions aimed at improving the physical health of health care employees, 7 considered only volunteer participants and so are open to considerable selection bias . Positive findings were found by studies offering progressive exercise programs and improved nutrition, though results are tempered by small study sizes in each case .…”

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Interventions to improve employee health and well‐being within health care organizations: A systematic review

Williams

Malik

Nicolay

et al. 2017

J of Healthc Risk Manag

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In response to an increasing body of evidence on the importance of employee health and well-being (HWB) within health care, there has been a shift in focus from both policymakers and individual organizations toward improving health care employee HWB. However, there is something of a paucity of evidence regarding the impact and value of specific HWB interventions within a health care setting. The aim of this article was to systematically review the literature on this topic utilizing the EMBASE, Global Health, Health Management Information Consortium, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO databases. Forty-four articles were identified and, due to a large degree of heterogeneity, were considered under different headings as to the type of intervention employed: namely, those evaluating changing ways of working, physical health promotion, complementary and alternative medicine, and stress management interventions, and those utilizing multimodal interventions. Our results consider both the efficacy and reliability of each intervention in turn and reflect on the importance of careful study design and measure selection when evaluating the impact of HWB interventions.

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Interventions to improve employee health and well‐being within health care organizations: A systematic review

Williams

Malik

Nicolay

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“…In terms of obesity reduction, a meta‐analysis showed that workplace nutrition and physical activity programs achieve modest improvements in weight (Anderson et al., ), and other studies have shown that a suite of dietary interventions (Christensen et al., ) and a weight loss program can reduce obesity (Morgan et al., , ). Collaborative interventions reduce obesity and increase physical activity (Prestwich et al., ), and an exercise and nutrition program showed improvements in diet, exercise, and weight (Thorndike et al., ). Although workplace cafeteria or vending machines labels and icons alone have little effect on improving diet, combining these with additional environmental changes have demonstrated improvements in adiposity measures (Mozaffarian et al., ).…”

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Reducing Health Risk Factors in Workplaces of Low and Middle‐Income Countries

Anthony

Dyson

et al. 2015

Public Health Nursing

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ObjectiveTo reduce risk factors in workplace settings in low and middle-income countries DesignWorkplace interventions were utilized as part of the Community Interventions for Health (CIH) program, a non-randomised, controlled study undertaken in three communities in China, India and Mexico.Sample 45 industrial, 82 health and 101 school workplace settings with a target population of 15,726. Two independent cross-sectional surveys of workers were conducted at baseline and follow-up, after 18-24 months of intervention activities. InterventionCulturally appropriate interventions to reduce tobacco use, increase physical activity and improve dietary intake were delivered in the intervention areas. 4Results 12,136 adults completed surveys at baseline, and 9,786 at follow-up. In the intervention group, the prevalence of tobacco use reduced significantly in men (-6.0%, p<0.001) and the proportion eating five portions of fruit and vegetables daily increased (+6.9%, p<0.001) compared with the control group. There were no significant differences between the groups for changes in physical activity or prevalence of overweight. ConclusionsWorkplace interventions improved risk factors in China, India and Mexico.

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“…[6][7][8][9][10][11] Because adverse lifestyle factors have been associated with employee productivity, absenteeism, and disability-related absences, 12,13 employing organizations have a further incentive to embrace WHP. Extant literature provides evidence that workplace health promotion (WHP) can positively influence employee health behaviors and stress.…”

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