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Why employers should invest in community health

Communities across the country differ radically in key health metrics, and that poses a big problem for employers in the country's least healthy communities.

By Jack Craver | Updated on August 04, 2015
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Communities across the country differ radically in key health metrics, and that poses a big problem for employers in the country’s least healthy communities. A report by the Vitality Institute, a health research group, suggests that certain industries are disproportionately burdened by an unhealthy workforce because of their geographic location. 

Retail trade, public administration, manufacturing and transportation and warehousing were the economic sectors identified as most likely to located in areas plagued by high rates of smoking, obesity, diabetes and low rates of physical activity. 

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