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HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention
BACKGROUND: U.S. adults are at unprecedented risk of becoming overweight or obese, and most scientists believe the primary cause is an obesogenic environment. Worksites provide an opportunity to shape the environments of adults to reduce obesity risk. The goal of this group-randomized trial was to i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3305385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22340088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-14 |
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author | Linde, Jennifer A Nygaard, Katherine E MacLehose, Richard F Mitchell, Nathan R Harnack, Lisa J Cousins, Julie M Graham, Daniel J Jeffery, Robert W |
author_facet | Linde, Jennifer A Nygaard, Katherine E MacLehose, Richard F Mitchell, Nathan R Harnack, Lisa J Cousins, Julie M Graham, Daniel J Jeffery, Robert W |
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description | BACKGROUND: U.S. adults are at unprecedented risk of becoming overweight or obese, and most scientists believe the primary cause is an obesogenic environment. Worksites provide an opportunity to shape the environments of adults to reduce obesity risk. The goal of this group-randomized trial was to implement a four-component environmental intervention at the worksite level to positively influence weight gain among employees over a two-year period. Environmental components focused on food availability and price, physical activity promotion, scale access, and media enhancements. METHODS: Six worksites in a U.S. metropolitan area were recruited and randomized in pairs at the worksite level to either a two-year intervention or a no-contact control. Evaluations at baseline and two years included: 1) measured height and weight; 2) online surveys of individual dietary intake and physical activity behaviors; and 3) detailed worksite environment assessment. RESULTS: Mean participant age was 42.9 years (range 18-75), 62.6% were women, 68.5% were married or cohabiting, 88.6% were white, 2.1% Hispanic. Mean baseline BMI was 28.5 kg/m(2 )(range 16.9-61.2 kg/m(2)). A majority of intervention components were successfully implemented. However, there were no differences between sites in the key outcome of weight change over the two-year study period (p = .36). CONCLUSIONS: Body mass was not significantly affected by environmental changes implemented for the trial. Results raise questions about whether environmental change at worksites is sufficient for population weight gain prevention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00708461 |
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spelling | pubmed-33053852012-03-16 HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention Linde, Jennifer A Nygaard, Katherine E MacLehose, Richard F Mitchell, Nathan R Harnack, Lisa J Cousins, Julie M Graham, Daniel J Jeffery, Robert W Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: U.S. adults are at unprecedented risk of becoming overweight or obese, and most scientists believe the primary cause is an obesogenic environment. Worksites provide an opportunity to shape the environments of adults to reduce obesity risk. The goal of this group-randomized trial was to implement a four-component environmental intervention at the worksite level to positively influence weight gain among employees over a two-year period. Environmental components focused on food availability and price, physical activity promotion, scale access, and media enhancements. METHODS: Six worksites in a U.S. metropolitan area were recruited and randomized in pairs at the worksite level to either a two-year intervention or a no-contact control. Evaluations at baseline and two years included: 1) measured height and weight; 2) online surveys of individual dietary intake and physical activity behaviors; and 3) detailed worksite environment assessment. RESULTS: Mean participant age was 42.9 years (range 18-75), 62.6% were women, 68.5% were married or cohabiting, 88.6% were white, 2.1% Hispanic. Mean baseline BMI was 28.5 kg/m(2 )(range 16.9-61.2 kg/m(2)). A majority of intervention components were successfully implemented. However, there were no differences between sites in the key outcome of weight change over the two-year study period (p = .36). CONCLUSIONS: Body mass was not significantly affected by environmental changes implemented for the trial. Results raise questions about whether environmental change at worksites is sufficient for population weight gain prevention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00708461 BioMed Central 2012-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3305385/ /pubmed/22340088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-14 Text en Copyright ©2012 Linde et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Linde, Jennifer A Nygaard, Katherine E MacLehose, Richard F Mitchell, Nathan R Harnack, Lisa J Cousins, Julie M Graham, Daniel J Jeffery, Robert W HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title | HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title_full | HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title_fullStr | HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title_full_unstemmed | HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title_short | HealthWorks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
title_sort | healthworks: results of a multi-component group-randomized worksite environmental intervention trial for weight gain prevention |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3305385/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22340088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-14 |
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