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Article: UNC RESEARCHERS TO TEST WORKSITE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill issued the following press release:
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are recruiting more than 1,200 overweight employees at several North Carolina colleges and universities for a study of workplace weight-loss programs.
The project will test four worksite-based weight-loss programs. Researchers hope to uncover cost-effective ways for employers to help employees lose weight and keep it off.
"The overarching goal is to identify effective and cost-effective weight loss programs that can be easily implemented by employers and help employees keep the weight off," said Laura Linnan, Sc.D., the study's principal ...