STOP Obesity Alliance Announces New Research Indicating That Employers Want to Address Obesity in the Workplace, Need Mor...(ring Committeemembers DMAA: The Care Con...),Health

Date:5/22/2008

ring Committee members, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance and Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have joined to examine an obesity benefit designed by DMAA that may be piloted by SEIU employees. This effort, which if executed will be evaluated for effectiveness, supports a STOP Obesity Alliance policy recommendation for innovative approaches to preventing and managing overweight and obesity. It also typifies the kind of innovation that could help the country take a step toward overcoming obesity.

Key Employer & Employee Survey Findings

-- 71% of employers view offering obesity-related services as appropriate

-- 80% of employees, regardless of weight, agree healthy lifestyles/weight

management programs belong in the workplace

-- 73% of employers view offering obesity-related services as effective

-- 67% of employers are concerned about the effects of obesity on medical

claims expenses

-- 93% of employers see obesity as a preventable condition and the result

of poor lifestyle choices

-- Less than half of employers believe their company has given enough

attention to the problem of obesity

"Facing rising health care costs, employers are willing to address obesity head-on in the workplace," said Jon Gabel, a Senior Fellow at NORC and the principal investigator, on the study. "By their actions, businesses seem to be saying that regardless of whose fault it is, obesity is my company's problem. And I need to do something about it."

Additional results from the survey are currently under review for future publication.

For more information about the STOP Obesity Alliance/NORC survey results and additional information, visit http://www.stopobesityalliance.org. Visit the DMAA site, http://www.dmaa.org, for information on the obesity benefit design under r
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SOURCE STOP Obesity Alliance Copyright©2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

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