Relationship Between Employment Characteristics and Obesity Among Employed U.S. Adults

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Promot
• Personal Author:
  Park, Sohyun ; Pan, Liping ; Lankford, Tina
• Description:
  Purpose ; This study examined associations between employment characteristics and obesity among a sample representing civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. adults. ; Design ; Quantitative, cross-sectional study. ; Setting ; Workplace. ; Subjects ; The 2010 National Health Interview Survey data for 15,121 employed adults (≥18 years). ; Measures ; The outcome variable was weight status, and exposure variables were employment characteristics (number of employees, work hours, paid by the hour, paid sick leave, and health insurance offered). ; Analysis ; Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for employment characteristics associated with obesity (body mass index BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) after controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, family income, fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, smoking, and occupations. ; Results ; Nationwide, 28% of employed adults were obese. From multivariate logistic regression, the odds of being obese was significantly greater among adults who worked at a company with 100 to 499 employees (OR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.02–1.39) vs. 1 to 24 employees and those who worked >50 hours/week (OR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.05–1.65) vs. <30 hours/week. ; Conclusion ; Approximately 3 out of 10 employees were obese and 6 out of 10 were overweight or obese. A better understanding of why these employment characteristics are associated with obesity could help employers better develop and target interventions for obesity prevention and treatment in the worksites.
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• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Employment
  • Female
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity
• Source:
  Am J Health Promot. 2014; 28(6):389-396.
• Pubmed ID:
  24200331
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4494781
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32037/cdc_32037_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:b5e4ec77926a25e01374969ccc798447197cd08b2dd29fcaaccf1e0edbd8ab95