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ArticlePublic health nutrition2019

Wellness programme at the workplace promotes dietary change and improves health indicators in a longitudinal retrospective study.

Ghada A Soliman, Jungyoon Kim, Jung-Min Lee, Robin High, Sarah Hortman, Youngdeok Kim, Nizar K Wehbi, James Canedy

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Ghada A SolimanDepartment of Environmental, Occupational and Geospatial Health Sciences, The City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY10027, USA.
Jungyoon KimDepartment of Health Service Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Jung-Min LeeCollege of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University - Global Campus, Yongin City, Republic of Korea.
Robin HighDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Sarah HortmanDepartment of Health Promotion, Social, and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Youngdeok KimDepartment of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Nizar K WehbiDepartment of Health Promotion, Social, and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
James CanedyOrthopedic Surgery, Private Practice Associates, 988464Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
University of Nebraska Medical Center · USCity University of New York · USKyung Hee University · KRNebraska Medical Center · USTexas Tech University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the effectiveness of a workplace wellness programme intervention in improving participants' behaviour towards choosing a healthy diet and the correlation with health indicators.

designA retrospective cohort study.

settingWellness programme in the Midwest, USA. SUBJECTS: Employees (n 12 636) who participated in a wellness programme for three consecutive years during years 2004 to 2013 and who completed web-based health risk questionnaires. The wellness programme included annual health screening, laboratory measures, health risk questionnaire and personalized health-care programme. Participants' food group intakes, BMI and health indicators were compared between the first and last year of participation. McNemar's non-parametric test was used for paired nominal data. Pearson correlations were computed for paired food and health indicator measurements. Correlations between dietary intake and BMI, cholesterol and TAG were computed using Pearson correlations and McNemar's test.

resultsThere were negative correlations between intakes of fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, healthy eating pattern and health outcome indicators such as BMI and TAG levels. Additionally, the percentage of employees who increased their consumption of fruits (16·88 v. 12·08 %, P<0·001), vegetables (15·20 v. 11·44 %, P<0·001) and dark green leafy vegetables (12·03 v. 7·27 %, P 0·001) was significantly higher than the percentage of participants who decreased their intake of these food groups during the third-year follow-up.

conclusionsThe wellness programme improved some health indicator parameters and had a positive impact on increasing participants' intakes of fruits, vegetables and whole grains at the third year of follow-up.

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AdultDiet, HealthyFeeding BehaviorFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMidwestern United StatesOccupational Health ServicesProgram EvaluationRetrospective StudiesWorkplaceBMICholesterolDiscretionary energyFood groupsTAGWellness in the workplace programmes

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PMID30269699
PMCPMC10260531
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