title: Perceptions of worksite support and employee obesity, activity, and diet.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the associations of perceptions of organizational commitment to employee health and coworker physical activity and eating behaviors with body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and eating behaviors in hospital employees.
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline data from 899 employees participating in a worksite weight-gain prevention trial were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Greater perception of organizational commitment to employee health was associated with lower BMI. Greater perceptions of coworker healthy eating and physical activity behaviors were associated with fruit and vegetable and saturated fat consumption and physical activity, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving organizational commitment and facilitating supportive interpersonal environments could improve obesity control among working populations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Stephenie.Lemon@Umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Stephenie C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lemon
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zapka
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Estabrook
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magner
authors.forename: Milagros C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rosal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010465:Perception; D012931:Social Environment; D017132:Workplace