Worksite Health Program Promoting Changes in Eating Behavior and Health Attitudes

Abstract

We demonstrated initial results of a long-term multicomponent worksite health promotion program with regard to changes in body weight, eating behavior, and attitudes. This evaluation of a 12-month pilot study suggests that a worksite health promotion program may lead to improvements in nutritional health behaviors for a number of workers. An investigation of long-term effects of this multicomponent intervention is strongly recommended.

The effect of workplace lifestyle programmes on diet, physical activity, and weight‐related outcomes for working women: A systematic review using the TIDieR checklist

“…Ten studies used a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] and 10 studies used a non-randomized study design (Table 1). [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] Nine studies were conducted in the United States 37,40,42,43,47,52,53,55,56,58 and two in Brazil. 44,45 Studies were also conducted in Iran, 50 Tunisia, 54 Norway, 38,39 Ireland, 51 Sweden, 41 Japan, 59 Germany, 57 Singapore, 46 and the Netherlands.…”

“…[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] Nine studies were conducted in the United States 37,40,42,43,47,52,53,55,56,58 and two in Brazil. 44,45 Studies were also conducted in Iran, 50 Tunisia, 54 Norway, 38,39 Ireland, 51 Sweden, 41 Japan, 59 Germany, 57 Singapore, 46 and the Netherlands. 48,49 Sample sizes ranged from 18 51 to 771.…”

“…38,39 Two studies included only participants with a BMI above 25 kg/m 2 at baseline, 40,58 and 17 studies reported using convenience sampling during recruitment. [37][38][39][40]42,43,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] Eight studies delivered PA interventions (n = 12 intervention arms), [37][38][39]44,45,47,[50][51][52] and 12 studies delivered mixed interventions (n = 14 intervention arms), [40][41][42][43]46,48,49,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59] that is, a combination of PA and diet interventions. One study incorporated an oral health component in their intervention.…”

“…One study incorporated an oral health component in their intervention. 59 Ten studies included both men and women, 38,39,[41][42][43]48,49,51,54,55,[57][58][59] and 10 studies included women only. 37,40,[44][45][46][47]50,52,53,56 Six studies incorporated systems approaches, for example, participatory approach to programme design, management involvement and support, or environmental audits.…”

“…37,40,[44][45][46][47]50,52,53,56 Six studies incorporated systems approaches, for example, participatory approach to programme design, management involvement and support, or environmental audits. 41,48,49,53,[55][56][57] None of these studies reported the implementation of any clear organizational policy changes. 41,48,49,53,[55][56][57] One study measuring weight outcomes provided online training programmes to participants to limit inaccurate self-report data.…”