From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-572021-796159
ATLANTA (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta have a Web Site LEANWorks!, designed to help businesses
address obesity, officials said.
"CDC LEANWorks! -- LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and
Nutrition -- was developed in direct response to organizations asking
CDC for help in addressing the obesity epidemic," Dr. William Dietz,
director of CDC's division of nutrition, physical activity and
obesity, said in a statement. "Specifically they wanted to know what
interventions were effective in helping employees maintain a healthy
weight."
The Web site was developed particularly for small and mid-size
companies, which typically have more limited resources to devote to
obesity prevention efforts. However, the tools and resources available
on CDC LEANWorks! can benefit companies of any size, CDC officials
said.
The Web site can help employers calculate the cost of obesity for
their organizations and develop tailored approaches to help control
these costs through interventions such as fitness classes, lunchtime
health education sessions and weight management programs.
The Web site -- at www.cdc.gov/leanworks -- can also provide
information and resources to help employers plan, build, promote and
assess interventions to combat obesity. Employers can estimate return
on investment -- a measure of the cost of an intervention compared to
the expected financial return of the intervention.