The steps to health employee weight management randomized control trial: rationale, design and baseline characteristics

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• Personal Author:
  Brouwer RJ ; Dement, John M. ; Eisenstein EL ; Fuemmeler BF ; Gulley L ; Joyner J ; Østbye T ; Peterson BL ; Stroo M
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: The workplace can be an important setting for addressing obesity. An increasing number of employers offer weight management programs. PURPOSE: Present the design, rationale and baseline characteristics of the Steps to Health study (STH), a randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two preexisting employee weight management programs offered at Duke University and Medical Center. METHODS: 550 obese (BMI =30) employee volunteers were randomized 1:1 to two programs. Baseline data, collected between January 2011 and July 2012, included height/weight, accelerometry, workplace injuries, health care utilization, and questionnaires querying socio-cognitive factors, perceptions of health climate, physical activity, and dietary intake. In secondary analyses participants in the two programs will also be compared to a non-randomized observational control group of obese employees. RESULTS: At baseline, the mean age was 45 years, 83% were female, 41% white, and 53% black. Mean BMI was 37.2. Participants consumed a mean of 2.37 servings of fruits and vegetables per day (in the past week), participated in 11.5 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and spent 620 min being sedentary. CONCLUSION: STH addresses the need for evaluation of worksite interventions to promote healthy weight. In addition to having direct positive effects on workers' health, worksite programs have the potential to increase productivity and reduce health care costs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Body Weight Diet Health Promotion Men Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Obesity Body-weight Health-care Health-programs Health-surveys Health Promotion Humans Nutrition Occupational Health Physical-fitness Questionnaires Racial-factors Randomized Controlled Trial Sex-factors Sociological-factors Weight-factors Weight-measurement Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1551-7144
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  68-76
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043513
• Citation:
  Contemp Clin Trials 2013 Jul; 35(2):68-76
• Contact Point Address:
  Truls Østbye, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Box 104006, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 USA
• Email:
  truls.ostbye@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100601
• Source Full Name:
  Contemporary Clinical Trials
• End Date:
  20150531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195400/cdc_195400_DS1.pdf
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