1st Edition
Managing Obesity in the Workplace Turning Tyrants into Tools in Health Practice, Book 3
144 Pages
by
CRC Press
144 Pages
by
CRC Press
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"Managing Obesity in the Workplace" comprehensively examines how obesity impacts business and provides examples of action that can be taken by employers to prevent weight gain and facilitate weight loss in their staff. A considered, evidence-based analysis of the extent of the obesity problem reveals how this public health epidemic affects all workplaces influencing fitness to work, sickness... Read more
An overview of costs of obesity, demographic changes and Government initiatives. The background and scale of problem. The medical consequences of obesity. The workplace implications of obesity on fitness for work, the use of personal protective equipment and ergonomics (the fit between worker and workplace). Prejudice and discrimination in employment and healthcare. Current management of obesity, diet, activity drugs and surgery. The workplace setting - health and safety issues, selling the concept of weight management to employers, initiatives on nutrition and activity. Workplace design to improve nutrition and physical activity including case studies. Health promotion - work task and workplace redesign and population approaches. Health promotion - the individual approach. Legal aspects of obesity and the disability discrimination act.
Biography
Nerys Williams, Griselda Cooper
