Workplace weight programs produce modest losses

Which really means that they do not work.

This is to be expected and the millions and millions spent on workplace "wellness" programs and employee assistance programs (EAPs), are all a waste.

"People who take part in weight-loss programs set up by their employers manage to lose at least modest amounts of weight compared to co-workers who do not take part, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

But their review of 11 studies published from 1995 to 2006 of such workplace programs in the United States, Britain, Japan, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia did not show whether those employees who lost weight managed to keep it off...

'Part of the problem is getting the people who need it the most to participate in them. A lot of times, health programs really just recruit people who already are doing the right thing,' added Benedict, whose findings were published in the American Journal of Health Promotion."

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