First-year results of an obesity prevention program at the Dow chemical company

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a,b   Baker, Kristin M ^b,c   Short, Meghan E ^b   Pei, Xiaofei ^b   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^d   Wang, Shaohung ^b   Bowen, Jennie D ^b   Roemer, Enid C ^a   Craun, Beth A ^e   Tully, Karen J ^e   Baase, Catherine M ^e   DeJoy, David M ^c   Wilson, Mark G ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Consulting Economist ^*  (United States)

^e DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SMOKING; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449103805     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181954b03     Document Type: Article

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