Obesity/Weight Management Employer Survey and Interview Project

How important to you is each of the following partnership benefits indeveloping or enhancing your worksite overweight/obesity program?Partnership BenefitNot at allimportantOf littleimportanceModeratelyimportantImportantVeryimportantRatingAverageEnhanced ability toaddress overweightor obesity N=485Development of new skillsor expertise N=485Heightened publicprofile N=478Increased utilizationof my expertise orservices N=482Acquisition of usefulknowledge about services,programs, or people inthe community N=485Access to useful data andinformation N=484Enhanced ability to affectpublic policy N=483Development of valuablerelationships N=481Increased staffing orcapacity N=479Enhanced ability to meetthe needs of my workforceor clients N=485Ability to have a greaterimpact that I could haveon my own N=485Ability to make acontribution to thecommunity N=484Acquisition of additionalfinancial support N=4811.4% 7.6% 34.4% 47.0% 9.5% 3.551.6% 7.8% 29.5% 49.7% 11.3% 3.614.2% 25.3% 36.2% 29.7% 4.6% 3.054.4% 18.9% 38.2% 31.3% 7.3% 3.181.6% 9.1% 28.9% 49.9% 10.5% 3.591.4% 5.2% 26.7% 52.9% 13.8% 3.737.2% 31.1% 34.2% 23.0% 4.6% 2.873.5% 12.9% 34.5% 38.9% 10.2% 3.396.1% 22.5% 34.9% 26.7% 9.8% 3.121.9% 7.8% 30.7% 43.7% 15.9% 3.641.9% 7.4% 27.4% 46.6% 16.7% 3.693.9% 18.2% 36.8% 34.5% 6.6% 3.225.6% 16.2% 29.3% 32.6% 16.2% 3.3858National Business Coalition on Health