TY - JOUR
T1 - Worksite Opportunities for Wellness (WOW)
T2 - Effects on cardiovascular disease risk factors after 1 year
AU - Racette, Susan B.
AU - Deusinger, Susan S.
AU - Inman, Cindi L.
AU - Burlis, Tamara L.
AU - Highstein, Gabrielle R.
AU - Buskirk, Trent D.
AU - Steger-May, Karen
AU - Peterson, Linda R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by CDC R01 DP000092 (location of grant support: Saint Louis/Missouri/USA).
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite health promotion program on improving cardiovascular disease risk factors. Methods: In St Louis, Missouri from 2005 to 2006, 151 employees (134 F, 17 M, 81% overweight/obese) participated in a cohort-randomized trial comparing assessments + intervention (worksite A) with assessments only (worksite B) for 1 year. All participants received personal health reports containing their assessment results. The intervention was designed to promote physical activity and favorable dietary patterns using pedometers, healthy snack cart, WeightWatchers® meetings, group exercise classes, seminars, team competitions, and participation rewards. Outcomes included BMI, body composition, blood pressure, fitness, lipids, and Framingham 10-year coronary heart disease risk. Results: 123 participants, aged 45 ± 9 yr, with BMI 32.9 ± 8.8 kg/m2 completed 1 year. Improvements (P ≤ 0.05) were observed at both worksites for fitness, blood pressure, and total-, HDL-, and LDL-cholesterol. Additional improvements occurred at worksite A in BMI, fat mass, Framingham risk score, and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome; only the changes in BMI and fat mass were different between worksites. Conclusion: A multi-faceted worksite intervention promoted favorable changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors, but many of the improvements were achieved with worksite health assessments and personalized health reports in the absence of an intervention.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite health promotion program on improving cardiovascular disease risk factors. Methods: In St Louis, Missouri from 2005 to 2006, 151 employees (134 F, 17 M, 81% overweight/obese) participated in a cohort-randomized trial comparing assessments + intervention (worksite A) with assessments only (worksite B) for 1 year. All participants received personal health reports containing their assessment results. The intervention was designed to promote physical activity and favorable dietary patterns using pedometers, healthy snack cart, WeightWatchers® meetings, group exercise classes, seminars, team competitions, and participation rewards. Outcomes included BMI, body composition, blood pressure, fitness, lipids, and Framingham 10-year coronary heart disease risk. Results: 123 participants, aged 45 ± 9 yr, with BMI 32.9 ± 8.8 kg/m2 completed 1 year. Improvements (P ≤ 0.05) were observed at both worksites for fitness, blood pressure, and total-, HDL-, and LDL-cholesterol. Additional improvements occurred at worksite A in BMI, fat mass, Framingham risk score, and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome; only the changes in BMI and fat mass were different between worksites. Conclusion: A multi-faceted worksite intervention promoted favorable changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors, but many of the improvements were achieved with worksite health assessments and personalized health reports in the absence of an intervention.
KW - Diet
KW - Fitness
KW - Health promotion
KW - Pedometer
KW - Physical activity
KW - Weight
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 19576927
AN - SCOPUS:70349292103
VL - 49
SP - 108
EP - 114
JO - Preventive Medicine
JF - Preventive Medicine
SN - 0091-7435
IS - 2-3
ER -