Obesity and Weight Loss Solutions, How To Lose Weight ...

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Employers spend more than $13 billion annually in medical costs and lost productivity due to obesity - dubbed the world's number one health threat by the CDC. Obese workers are sicker, miss more days of work, are more prone to injury and accidents and incur higher medical costs than employees of average weight. 

Health Advocate(TM) has produced an insightful, fact-based white paper, "Obesity in America: Workplace Solutions". The report details the latest research on the impact of obesity in the workplace, case studies of companies that have implemented successful programs to address this health issue and a how-to list that employers can use to lower healthcare costs. "Our research and experience indicates that employers can offer cost-effective programs in the workplace to help employees with weight problems and also reduce the burgeoning costs associated with the impact of obesity," said Abbie Leibowitz, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Health Advocate, Inc.

The Startling Facts

Compared to normal-weight counterparts, obese workers:

• Are twice as likely to file a worker's compensation claim
• Have medical costs seven times higher
• Lose about 13 times more days of work from work injury or illness, according to a Duke University Medical Center Analysis
• On average, it costs a firm of 1,000 employees $285,000 per year in extra costs

The Workplace as Change Agent

Today's workers tend to be more sedentary and tend to eat higher-calorie snacks, often due to a lack of healthier choices and limited lunchtimes. These are a few of the reasons that make the workplace uniquely positioned to help counter unhealthy habits that can result in lowered healthcare costs. The white paper points out:

• Nearly half of employees report gaining weight on the job
• 66 percent of employees surveyed welcome employer-based weight loss programs
• Partnering with community resources can provide easy-to-install weight loss programs at the worksite
• Powerful incentives include offering programs during work hours and access to wellness coaches

• Effective solutions include: offering healthier vending machine snacks, and incentivizing employees to get active with Health Risk Assessments

• Two, half hour exercise breaks twice weekly can help employees lose weight, lower their blood pressure and increase their on-the-job
  productivity, according to one study.

• Company case studies include IBM: just months into its wellness plan implementation, workers were eating 20 percent less junk food

Source: Health Advocate, Inc.

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