Weights & measures
Subtitle: what employers should know about obesity
By: by Barbara Rosen and Linda Barrington
Contributors: Barrington, Linda; Conference Board
Series: Research report / Conference Board -- R-1419-08-RR; Conference Board report -- no. 1419-08-RR.
Publisher: Conference Board
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780823709137
Subjects: Health promotion; Obesity; Personnel management
Other titles: Weights and measures :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Obesity trends; title: Your employees' pounds: your problem; title: The economic costs of obesity; title: Is forewarned forearmed?; title: Wellness for a moving workforce; title: Does barter work better?; title: Which ounce of prevention for your best pound (or dollar) of cure?; title: The "modifiable behavior" minefield; title: Another can of worms?; title: Conclusion: passing the problem to whom?; title: Case studies: Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), H-E-B, Aetna.