The impact of weight gain or loss on health care costs for employees at the Johnson & Johnson family of companies

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-16

  Carls, Ginger Smith ^a   Goetzel, Ron Z ^b,c   Henke, Rachel Mosher ^d   Bruno, Jennifer ^e   Isaac, Fikry ^e   McHugh, Janice ^e  

^a Thomson Reuters   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^d THOMSON REUTERS   (United States)

^e JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78751642423     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820451fd     Document Type: Article

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