Fitness of the US workforce

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-149

  Pronk, Nicolaas P ^a,b  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Best practices; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Employee health; Health care costs; Obesity; Physical activity; Prevention; Productivity; Workplace; Worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORKER; WORKPLACE; EMPLOYMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925276562     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122714     Document Type: Review

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