CDC asks for info on worksite health programs

CDC asks for info on worksite health programs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for worksite health promotion programs "that show promise in helping employees maintain or attain health body weight." The SWAT or Swift Worksite Assessment and Translation project wants to hear about smaller companies or organizations with fewer than 500 employees that have worksite-based programs that have been operating for at least six months and have body-weight data demonstrating the program's success. According to Phil Sparling, EdD, of the CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, the weight data must show either evidence of sustained weight loss in overweight employees or weight maintenance by employees who have changed their eating and exercise patterns. Anyone who knows of a company program that fits this description should please send the name of the company, name and e-mail or phone number for a company contact person, and a brief description of the intervention to Phil Sparling at psparling1@cdc.gov.

Source: HABIT E-Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 6, 2005