Workplace-Sponsored Program to Reduce Obesity
| Status: | Archived |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss, Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases, Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 7/1/2011 |
Images of a Healthy Worksite-Preventing Weight Gain in the Workplace
The purpose of this study is to design a comprehensive nutrition and physical activity
strategy to gain a broad understanding of the social and cultural role of food and physical
activity among workers. Perspectives on innovative interventions that are socially feasible
and culturally acceptable will also be obtained. Health lifestyle promotion interventions
addressing portion control, healthy nutrition, and increasing physical activity will be
tested.
BACKGROUND:
Broad, population-based approaches are needed to stop or reverse the rise in obesity
prevalence. According to the World Health Organization, obesity prevention can be achieved
by promoting a healthy diet and a physically active lifestyle. A partnership with the
Eastman Kodak Company has been developed to test a worksite intervention for obesity
prevention in Rochester, New York.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
The overall goal of this study is to design a comprehensive nutrition and physical activity
strategy based on participatory research to promote a healthy lifestyle and to stop the
shift of the population body mass index (BMI) curve to the right. Six pairs of worksites
will be randomized to either an intervention or control group. Two cross-sectional samples
of employees within each worksite will be measured at baseline and at the end of the
intervention.
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