Weight loss competitions at the work site: impact on weight, morale and cost-effectiveness. | Zendy

Kelly D. Brownell | Zendy; Rita Yopp Cohen | Zendy; A J Stunkard | Zendy; Michael R. J. Felix | Zendy; Nancy B. Cooley | Zendy

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Weight loss competitions at the work site: impact on weight, morale and cost-effectiveness.

Author(s) -

Kelly D. Brownell,

Rita Yopp Cohen,

A J Stunkard,

Michael R. J. Felix,

Nancy B. Cooley

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.11.1283

Subject(s) - attrition , competition (biology) , overweight , weight loss , weight management , operations management , marketing , work (physics) , business , demographic economics , management , psychology , demography , medicine , economics , obesity , engineering , sociology , biology , mechanical engineering , ecology , dentistry

Three weight loss competitions were held in business/industrial settings. One competition was between three banks; the other two were within industries, either between employee teams selected at random or between divisions of the industry. Attrition in the competitions was less than 1 per cent and weight loss averaged 5.5 kg. Both employees and management reported positive changes in morale and employee/management relations, and both considered the competition important to the success of the program. The cost-effectiveness ratio ($ 2.93 per 1 per cent reduction in percentage overweight) is the best yet reported.

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