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Moving the needle on obesity

In the fight against obesity, several organizations are trying to help make the workforce healthier.

By Kevin Bingham, Todd Whitthorne | Updated on January 25, 2016

Recently, we’ve seen a lot of exciting movement in the fight against obesity.  

A few years ago, we shared the cost of America’s epidemic rates of obesity, the impact on children who develop Type 2 diabetes before the age of 15, and the burden obesity is placing on employers (e.g., increasing durations of injury, rising medical costs, and expanding lost-time claims) in the January/February 2013 Contingencies Magazine article titled Tipping the Scales: The Burden of Obesity on Workforce Wellness.

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