title: The relationship between workplace environment and employee health behaviors in a South African workforce.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between the availability of wellness facilities at worksites and self-reported employee health behaviors (physical activity [PA] and nutrition [NUT]).
  
  
  METHODS
  Employers (n = 71) and employees (n = 11472) participated in the South African Healthy Company Index survey. The survey included self-reported clinical measures and lifestyle behaviors. A facility score was calculated, ranging from 0 to 100. Hierarchical linear models were used to calculate the relationship between facility scores and whether employees met PA and NUT guidelines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean total facility score was 58.5 ± 25.5. The number of facilities at each worksite accounted for 5.4% of the variance in PA among employees (r = 0.054; P = 0.036). Higher facility scores were associated with better NUT habits among employees.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Employers providing wellness facilities are likely to have employees with better PA and NUT habits.
authors.affiliation: From the University of Cape Town (Dr Lambert), South Africa; the Centre for Research in Exercise (Dr Kolbe-Alexander), Physical Activity and Health, School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; the University of Witwatersrand (Mr Greyling, Ms da Silva, and Dr Milner); Discovery Health (Dr Patel and Ms Wyper), Johannesburg, South Africa; Thomson Reuters (Ms Beckowski and Dr Goetzel), Washington, DC; Rollins School of Public Health (Dr Goetzel), Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga; and Truven Health Analytics, Bethesda, Md (Dr Goetzel).
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kolbe-Alexander
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greyling
authors.forename: Roseanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wyper
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beckowski
authors.forename: Estelle V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goetzel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013019:South Africa; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace