Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2010
Second-year results of an obesity prevention program at the Dow Chemical Company.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of workplace wellness programmes for dietary habits, overweight, and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Workplace pedometer interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Group-based healthy lifestyle workplace interventions for shift workers: a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2018Pooled it
- A RE-AIM evaluation of evidence-based multi-level interventions to improve obesity-related behaviours in adults: a systematic review (the SPOTLIGHT project).The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Pooled it
- Effects of a dietary intervention on cardiometabolic risk and food consumption in a workplace.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Go!: results from a quasi-experimental obesity prevention trial with hospital employees.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Images of a Healthy Worksite: A Group-Randomized Trial for Worksite Weight Gain Prevention With Employee Participation in Intervention Design.American journal of public health · 2015Trial
- Process evaluation results from an environmentally focused worksite weight management study.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2012Trial
- HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2012Trial
- Combining environmental and individual weight management interventions in a work setting: results from the Dow chemical study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2011Trial
- Improvements in body composition, functional capacity, and cardiovascular fitness: results of a workplace wellness program in the United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The experiences of night shift workers following three different dietary weight loss interventions: a qualitative study using behaviour change theory.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Workplace cafeteria and other multicomponent interventions to promote healthy eating among adults: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Review
- Effect of workplace dietary intervention on salt intake and sodium-to-potassium ratio of Japanese employees: A quasi-experimental study.Journal of occupational health · 2021Article
- A Nutritional Counseling Program Prevents an Increase in Workers' Dietary Intake and Body Weight During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- The workplace health group: A case study of 20 years of multidisciplinary research.The American psychologist · 2019Article
- CVD Prevention Through Policy: a Review of Mass Media, Food/Menu Labeling, Taxation/Subsidies, Built Environment, School Procurement, Worksite Wellness, and Marketing Standards to Improve Diet.Current cardiology reports · 2015Review
- Worksite Environmental Interventions for Obesity Prevention and Control: Evidence from Group Randomized Trials.Current obesity reports · 2014Article
- The clinical obesity maintenance model: an integration of psychological constructs including mood, emotional regulation, disordered overeating, habitual cluster behaviours, health literacy and cognitive function.Journal of obesity · 2013Review
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate innovative, evidence-based approaches to organizational/supportive environmental interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of obesity among Dow employees after 2 years of implementation.
methodsA quasi-experimental study design compared outcomes for two levels of intervention intensity with a control group. Propensity scores were used to weight baseline differences between intervention and control subjects. Difference-in-differences methods and multilevel modeling were used to control for individual and site-level confounders.
resultsIntervention participants maintained their weight and body mass index, whereas control participants gained 1.3 pounds and increased their body mass index values by 0.2 over 2 years. Significant differences in blood pressure and cholesterol values were observed when comparing intervention employees with controls. At higher intensity sites, improvements were more pronounced.
conclusionsEnvironmental interventions at the workplace can support weight management and risk reduction after 2 years.
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