title: Results From the Bipartisan Policy Center's CEO Council Physical Activity Challenge to American Business.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe findings from a survey of employees at 10 businesses participating in the "Building Better Health: Physical Activity Challenge," an effort led by the Bipartisan Policy Center's CEO Council on Health and Innovation.
  
  
  
  Employers provided employees with pedometers as part of an 8-week Physical Activity Challenge (Challenge). Employees were then asked to complete a survey about their awareness of, participation in, and satisfaction with the Challenge.
  
  
  
  One hundred three thousand three hundred eighty-three employees participated in the Challenge, averaging 6886 steps per day per participant. Of the 3820 respondents to an employee survey sent to all workers, 62% reported enrolling in the program, and of those, the majority reported positive impacts on health (76%), fitness (73%), and lifestyle (70%).
  
  
  
  A brief, workplace-based physical activity challenge can achieve positive self-reported health impacts when supported by senior management of the company.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore (Mr Berko, Dr Goetzel, Dr Roemer, Ms Kent); Truven Health Analytics, an IBM Company, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Goetzel); and Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, District of Columbia (Marchibroda).
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berko
authors.forename: Ron Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Goetzel
authors.forename: Enid Chung
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marchibroda
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D015444:Exercise; D000072936:Fitness Trackers; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace