Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2011
Combining environmental and individual weight management interventions in a work setting: results from the Dow chemical study.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled 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
- The association between worksite physical environment and employee nutrition, and physical activity behavior and weight status.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2014Trial
- Prospective Evaluation of Fidelity, Impact and Sustainability of Participatory Workplace Health Teams in Skilled Nursing Facilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Organizational Culture and Implications for Workplace Interventions to Reduce Sitting Time Among Office-Based Workers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the comparative effectiveness of environmental weight loss interventions alone versus in combination with an individual intervention.
methodsA quasi-experimental design compared outcomes for two levels of environmental interventions and for participants who did or did not simultaneously self-select into an individually focused weight loss intervention (YW8). Analysis of covariance and logistic regression techniques were used to examine risk outcomes.
resultsEmployees who participated in YW8 were no more successful at losing weight than those exposed to only the environmental interventions. Approximately, 13.5% of each group lost at least 5% of their body weight; overall changes in mean body weight and body mass index were negligible in both groups.
conclusionsSimple worksite environmental modifications may help with weight maintenance, but are not likely to result in substantial weight reductions even when combined with low-intensity individual interventions.
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