title: Association of binge eating with work productivity impairment, adjusted for other health risk factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the association between binge eating and productivity impairment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data drawn from individuals completing a health risk appraisal and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire, analyses examined associations between binge eating and obesity, health risks, and productivity impairment. Regression analysis tested associations between binge eating and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment scores, adjusting for demographics, obesity, and health risks. Unstandardized regression coefficients estimated annual productivity loss due to binge eating using a hypothetical employer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant associations were found between binge eating and impairment. Adjusting for demographics, obesity, and other risks, binge eating remained a significant correlate of productivity impairment. Estimated annual productivity loss due to binge eating in a company of 1000 employees was $107,965.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to reduce productivity impairment need to target binge eating as a modifiable risk behavior.
authors.affiliation: Wellness & Prevention, Fort Washington, PA, USA. rbedrosian@its.jnj.com
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bedrosian
authors.forename: Ruth H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Striegel
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications*; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult