Cohort Analysis Assessing Medical and Nonmedical Cost Associated With Obesity in the Workplace

Abstract

Employees with higher BMI levels are associated with significantly more costs and absences and lower self-reported productivity.

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MedicineBody mass indexSick leaveOverweightPharmacyObesityCohortAbsenteeismDemographyOccupational medicineCohort studyProductivityGerontologySalaryPhysical therapyEpidemiologyFamily medicineInternal medicinePsychology

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Year: 2014
Type: article
Volume: 56
Issue: 2
Pages: 161-170
Citations: 45
Access: Closed

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                                    Nathan L. Kleinman, 
                                
                                    Safiya Abouzaid, 
                                
                                    Lenae Andersen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2014). 
                            Cohort Analysis Assessing Medical and Nonmedical Cost Associated With Obesity in the Workplace. 
                            Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
                            , 56
                            (2)
                            , 161-170.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000000099
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000099