Relationship of Body Mass Index and Physical Activity to Health Care Costs among Employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 428-436

  Wang, Feifei ^a,d   McDonald, Tim ^b   Champagne, Laura J ^c   Edington, Dee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c International Union   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; WELLBEING;

BODY MASS INDEX; COST SAVINGS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442500821     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000126022.25149.bf     Document Type: Article

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