Are physical activity and nutrition indicators of the checklist of health promotion environments at worksites (CHEW) associated with employee obesity among hotel workers?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Nigg, Claudio R ^a   Albright, Cheryl ^a   Williams, Rebecca ^a   Nichols, Carol ^a   Renda, Gloria ^a   Stevens, Victor J ^a   Vogt, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 75749116007     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c78a3a     Document Type: Article

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