摘要：Worksite wellness programs can be used to implement interventions aimed at addressing current rates ofobesity and related chronic disease and their associated health care costs. The purpose of this study was toevaluate the impact of a worksite wellness program on blood lipid levels among employees at a ruralmanufacturing plant in Northern California. Pre to post changes were analyzed using paired sample t-tests. Demographic data collected as part of a subsequent nutrition education component of the programindicated that the employees were mostly male (88%) and Caucasian (71%), with a mean age of 47 ± 9years. Forty-seven percent of the subjects were overweight and 38% obese. Following the three-yearworksite wellness program, subjects' total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride levels decreased,while their HDL-cholesterol levels increased significantly. These results suggest that long-term worksitewellness programs can improve employee health outcomes
