An Ounce of Prevention: The Organizational Benefits of Helping Overweight/Obese Employees. An Ounce of Prevention: The Organizational Benefits of Helping Overweight/Obese Employees.

An Ounce of Prevention: The Organizational Benefits of Helping Overweight/Obese Employees‪.‬

Academy of Health Care Management Journal 2006, Annual, 2

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ABSTRACT America is the "fattest" nation in the world, and obesity has become an epidemic. Being overweight increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke. In addition, obesity is costing U.S. businesses as much as $117 billion a year in health care costs, reduced productivity, and absenteeism. This paper defines obesity, discusses the causes, enumerates the costs to organizations, describes what companies can do to help their overweight employees, and describes the benefits organizations will receive.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2006
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10
Pages
PUBLISHER
The DreamCatchers Group, LLC
SIZE
259.3
KB

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