Worksite Food and Physical Activity Environments and Wellness Supports Reported by Employed Adults in the United States, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Promot
• Personal Author:
  Onufrak, Stephen J. ; Watson, Kathleen B. ; Kimmons, Joel ; Pan, Liping ; Khan, Laura Kettel ; Lee-Kwan, Seung Hee ; Park, Sohyun
• Description:
  Purpose ; To examine the workplace food and physical activity environments and wellness culture reported by employed United States adults, overall and by employer size. ; Design ; Cross-sectional study using web-based survey on wellness polices and environmental supports for healthy eating and physical activity ; Setting ; Worksites in the United States ; Subjects ; 2,101 adults employed outside of the home ; Measures ; Survey items were based on CDC Worksite Health Scorecard and Checklist of Health Promotion Environments and included availability and promotion of healthy food items; nutrition education; promotion of breastfeeding; availability of physical activity amenities and programs; facility discounts; time for physical activity; stairwell signage; health promotion programs and health risk assessments. ; Analysis ; Descriptive statistics were used to examine the prevalence of worksite environmental and facility supports by employer size (<100 or ≥100 employees). Chi-Square tests were used to examine differences by employer size. ; Results ; Among employed respondents with workplace food or drink vending machines, approximately 35% indicated the availability of healthy items. Regarding physical activity, 30.9% of respondents reported that their employer provided opportunities to be physically active and 17.6% reported worksite exercise facilities. Wellness programs were reported by 53.2% working for large employers, compared with 18.1% for smaller employers. ; Conclusion ; Employee reports suggested that workplace supports for healthy eating, physical activity, and wellness were limited, and were less common among smaller employers.
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• Subjects:
  • Article
  • worksite
  • wellness
  • adults
  • obesity
  • nutrition
  • physical activity
  • 1. Manuscript format: research
  • 2. Research purpose: descriptive
  • 3. Study design: non-experimental
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• Source:
  Am J Health Promot. 32(1):96-105
• Pubmed ID:
  27597795
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5365378
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44885/cdc_44885_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:50bb7fb01eb320752973aad68a60385b9150a0e1920d547ea74b5bf9d7ad6b9f