Managing Obesity in the Workplace

Nerys Williams, Griselda Cooper

• 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.

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