FUEL Your Life: Results from a Worksite Diabetes Prevention Program

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• Personal Author:
  Bynum BH ; Davis M ; DeJoy DM ; Padilla HM ; Vandenberg RJ ; Wilson MG
• Description:
  This presentation will share the results of Fuel Your Life (FYL), a worksite weight management program conducted with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). FYL is a translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program that has been adapted to fit the unique characteristics of work organizations and revised based on formative research conducted with UPRR employees. UPRR employees are predominately middle-aged, male, blue collar workers at high risk for Type II diabetes due to a high-rate of obesity. FYL is a six-month intervention aimed to improve eating and physical activity behaviors. Six sites with approximately 2600 employees were randomly assigned to condition with equal numbers in intervention and control groups (three sites with about 1300 employees). Overall, BMI and weight in the intervention and control sites remained fairly constant with one intervention site reporting a significant reduction (-.38 BMI, 3 lbs) and one control site reporting a significant increase (+.43 BMI, 4 lbs.). 52% of intervention participants lost weight with 26% losing five pounds or more. Weight loss was significantly greater for employees completing the program or participating with their spouse. The issues and barriers of translating research to practice and implications for practitioners will be discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Body Weight Diet Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Worksite BMI Body Mass Index Body Weight Disease Prevention Health Promotion Intervention Effectiveness Obesity Physical Exercise Worker Health
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058964
• Citation:
  APHA 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 6-10, 2010, Denver, Colorado. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2010 Nov; :222047
• Contact Point Address:
  Mark G. Wilson, HSD, University of Georgia, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, 300 River Road, Athens, GA, USA 30602
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  University of Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070930
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 6-10, 2010, Denver, Colorado
• End Date:
  20110929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0160b3cc4949665d84986aaa2e56ca0176ecd8b817ac7ceaf8ecc8a2c07e748c263c12b6b1e895445fd74e238df4ed47d0047b79708d28025712e4be3d99a1f0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223310/cdc_223310_DS1.pdf
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