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  • Occupational Health
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Lifestyle Medicine

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  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses a significant health burden.
  • Worksite wellness programs offer a platform for health interventions.
  • Small professional services companies may benefit from targeted wellness initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a multifactorial worksite wellness program's impact on lifestyle and CVD risk factors.
  • To assess changes in dietary intake and biometric measures over a 6-month period.

Main Methods:

  • A 6-month worksite wellness program was implemented at a small professional services company.
  • Sixty employees participated, involving enrollment, program activities, and disenrollment sessions.
  • Lifestyle and biometric data were collected at enrollment and disenrollment.

Main Results:

  • A significant decrease in dietary fat intake (P < .01).
  • Increased daily servings of fruits and vegetables (P = .02) and fiber intake.
  • Reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P = .04 and P = 0.01, respectively).
  • Increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (P < .01).

Conclusions:

  • The multifactorial worksite wellness program effectively improved dietary habits.
  • The program led to meaningful reductions in key cardiovascular risk factors.
  • Worksite interventions can yield positive health outcomes in employee populations.