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Endnotes1. Sepulveda M, Tait F, Zimmerman E, Edington D Impact ofChildhood Obesity on Employers Health Affairs 29, No. 3(2010); 513–5212. IBID3. Data on Small Business http://sba.gov/advocacy/849/121624. Flegal, KM, Carroll, MD, Ogden, CL, Curtin, LR. Prevalenceand Trends in Obesity among US Adults, 1999–2008.Journal of the American Medical Association 2010;235–241.5. Wang C, McPherson K, Marsh T, Gortmaker S, Brown MHealth and economic burden of projected obesity trendsin USA and UK. The Lancet, Vol. 378, Issue 979, p 815–825,Aug. 20116. Healthy People 2020. http://www.healthypeople.gov/20207. Finkelstein EA, Trogdon TG, Cohen JW, Dietz W. AnnualMedical Spending Attribulable to Obesity: payer andservice specific estimates. Health Affairs, 2009: 5:p822–8318. Finkelstein E, Fiebelkorn I, Wang G. The costs of obesityamong full time employees. American Journal of HealthPromotion 2005: 20: 45–519. IBID10. Op.Cit. Finkelstein et al11. Ostebye T, Dement J, Krause K Obesity and Workers’Compensation: Results from Duke Health and SafetySurveillance System Arch Intern Med Vol 167, April 23,200712. Op Cit Sepulveda et al Impact of childhood obesity onemployers13. Geler AB, Foster DG, Womble LG, et al. The relationshipbetween relative weight and school attendance amongelementary school children. Obesity 2007; 15: 2157-216114. Op Cit Finkelstein et al The costs of obesity in theworkplace15. Mokdad A, Ford E, Bowman B, Dietz W, Vinicor F, BalesV, Marks J Prevalence of Obesity, Diabetes, and ObesityRelated Health Risk Factors, 2001. JAMA, January 1, 2003.Vol.289, No.116. IBID17. http://www.census.gov/econ.smallbus.html18. Goldman Sachs JBWere Finds Valuation Links inWorkplace Safety and Health Data. Goldman SachsJBWere Group, (2007, October).19. American Society of Safety Engineers. White PaperAddressing the Return on Investment for Safety, Health,and Environmental Management Programs. http://www.elcosh.org/en/document/63/d000047/asse-white-paperaddressing-the-return-on-investment-for-safety%252Chealth-and-environmental-%2528sh%2526e%2529-management-programs.html (June 2002)34National Business Coalition on Health
Appendix ASurvey ResultsWhich of the following best describes your role/function? N=515Role/function % NHuman Resources 20.6 106Wellness Coordinator 6.4 33Environmental Health and Safety 58.4 301Employees/Union Representative 4.1 21Management/Operations 9.3 48Employer/Owner 0.8 4Employer Coalition Director 0.4 2Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding.What is the total number of employees in your organization? N=500Employer Size % N1 to 100 employees very small employer 21.0 105101 to 500 small employer 38.2 191501 to 1000 midsize employer 13.8 691001 to 5000 large employer 15.8 795000 + very large employer 11.2 56Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding.Obesity/Weight Management Employer Survey and Interview Project 35
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