Supporting Literature for Obesity

The Costs of Obesity among Full-time Employees. Finkelstein E, Fiebelkore IC & Wang G. American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 2005, 20(1); 45-51.

The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace. Finkelstein EA, Dibonaventura MdC, Burgess SM & Hale, BC. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2010, 52(10); 971-976.

Promising Practices in Promotion of Healthy Weight at Small and Medium-sized US Worksites. Hersey J, Williams-Piehota P, Sparling PB, Alesander J, Hill MD, Isenberg KB, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008; 5(4).

Making Healthy Behaviors the Easy Choice for Employees: A Review of the Literature on Environmental and Policy Changes in Worksite Health Promotion. Kahn-Marshall JL & Gallant MP. Health Education & Behavior, 39(6); 752-776.

Work, Obesity, and Occupational Safety and Health. Shulte PA et al. American Journal of Public Health, March 2007, 97(3); 428-436.

Healthy Eating Strategies in the Workplace. Qunitiliani L, Poulsen S, & Sorensen G. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Sept 2010, 3(3); 182-196.

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