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. 2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):456-62.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.27.4.17.

The relationship of body mass index, medical costs, and job absenteeism

Timothy Bungum  1 , Monica Satterwhite, Allen W Jackson, James R Morrow Jr
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The relationship of body mass index, medical costs, and job absenteeism

Timothy Bungum et al. Am J Health Behav. 2003 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the relationship between body mass index, as categorized by the recently released guidelines of the NHLBI, and health care costs and absenteeism in a sample of municipal workers.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was employed that compared the obesity-related health care costs and absences of normal and overweight/obese city workers.

Results: While accounting for age, gender, race, smoking behavior, and educational attainment, BMI predicted both average annual health-care costs and work absence hours.

Conclusions: The NHLBI guidelines for overweight and obesity effectively predicted absences and health care costs.

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