Stages of weight change among an occupational cohort

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• Personal Author:
  Greenwood JLJ ; Gren LH ; Hegmann KT ; Murtaugh MA ; Ott U ; Stanford JB ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  Objective: To assess the readiness to change dietary intake and body weight among production workers. We also ascertained differences between selfperceived and measured body mass index. Methods: This cross-sectional study queried physical activity, psychosocial factors, fruit and vegetable intake, and readiness to change based on the transtheoretical model. Results: Sixty-three (28%) workers were overweight, and 114 (50%) were obese. Obese workers were in the following stages of weight change: precontemplation (4%), contemplation (45%), preparation (13%), action (21%), and (17%) maintenance. Ten percent of overweight workers erroneously reported their body mass index to be normal. Conclusions: About half of overweight/obese workers were in the precontemplation or contemplation stages for healthy dietary changes or weight loss. Recognizing the stages of change with regard to weight and the self-perception of weight status may help tailor workplace health promotion programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Diet Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Body-weight Dietary-effects Physical-exercise Physical-fitness Physiological-effects Physiological-factors Physiology Psychological-effects Psychology Statistical-analysis Weight-factors Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  270-276
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045871
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Mar; 57(3):270-276
• Contact Point Address:
  Ulrike Ott, PhD, MSPH, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 391 Chipeta Way, Ste C, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
• Email:
  Ulrike.ott@hsc.utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20100929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ef22a2510a85e0a9841e09dfbe189bc349acdbd1645c6e15e6a202705e7596c84fe99a039b3acf0d8e336927b79cec34c6e6a745e66f52539d15a7ed1b1ca24
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201121/cdc_201121_DS1.pdf
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