SynthesisCurrent obesity reports2016
Effectiveness of Workplace Weight Management Interventions: a Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Current obesity reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review of the effectiveness of health promotion interventions targeting obesity prevention in school-based staff.Health promotion international · 2022Pooled 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
- The effectiveness of workplace nutrition and physical activity interventions in improving productivity, work performance and workability: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Obstacles and Future Prospects: Considerations on Health Promotion Activities for Older Workers in Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Weight loss maintenance following an augmented intervention for early slow weight loss responders: An adaptive trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a novel lifestyle intervention used with or without meal replacements in work sites.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of telehealth acceptance and commitment therapy for weight loss: a pilot randomized clinical trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Comparing Weight Loss-Maintenance Outcomes of a Worksite-Based Lifestyle Program Delivered via DVD and Face-to-Face: A Randomized Trial.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2018Trial
- Defining the guiding principles of weight-inclusive nutrition education.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychological and socio-contextual factors influencing preventive healthcare decision-making: evidence from IT and ITES companies in three cities of India.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Increased alcohol intake and alcohol use disorder following bariatric surgery: potential mechanisms.Physiology & behavior · 2025Review
- The effect of multimodal nutrition intervention on glucose and lipid parameters of Arfa Iron and Steel Company workers.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a workplace weight management program based on WeChat platform for obese/overweight people in China using the RE-AIM framework.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Assessing the Impact of Workforce Nutrition Programmes on Nutrition, Health and Business Outcomes: A Review of the Global Evidence and Future Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Effects ofFood science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Very Low-Volume, High-Intensity Interval Training Mitigates Negative Health Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic-Induced Physical Inactivity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Pragmatic Evaluation of a Health System-Based Employee Weight Management Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Using nudges to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Accumulating Data to Optimally Predict Obesity Treatment (ADOPT) Core Measures: Environmental Domain.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Utilizing Standard Data Transactions and Public-Private Partnerships to Support Healthy Weight Within the Community.EGEMS (Washington, DC) · 2017Article
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Abstract
A systematic review was conducted of randomized trials of workplace weight management interventions, including trials with dietary, physical activity, environmental, behavioral, and incentive-based components. Main outcomes were defined as change in weight-related measures. Keywords related to weight management and workplace interventions were used to search relevant databases, and 23 eligible studies were reviewed in detail using a data extraction form and quality assessment checklist. The trials were conducted mainly in the USA and Europe, with four additional countries represented. Interventions were mostly multicomponent and were implemented in both sexes and in a range of employment categories. Intervention effectiveness appeared unrelated to region of the world and was highest in 6-12-month trials. The results ranged widely from clinically significant 8.8-kg weight loss in one trial to less effective than the control treatment in others. Some workplace interventions achieve clinically significant benefits, and further studies are needed to replicate those results in wider sociocultural and geographical contexts.
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