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Employees lack correct health perceptions

Although most employees understand how to get and stay healthy, they lack correct perceptions of their health and health care programs, according to a new survey from Aon Hewitt, the National Business Group on Health and The Futures Co.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on January 11, 2013

Although most employees understand how to get and stay healthy, they lack correct perceptions of their health and health care programs, according to a new survey from Aon Hewitt, the National Business Group on Health and The Futures Co.

Eighty-seven percent of respondents report being in good health while 23 percent of respondents say they are overweight or obese. Despite this, 53 percent of respondents who say they healthy are considered overweight or obese based on their heights and weights in the body mass index.

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