https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Healthy Eating in the Australian Coal Mining Industry: Assessing the Efficacy of the ‘Out of the Box’ Workplace Health Promotion Program https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54051 Tue 30 Jan 2024 13:51:02 AEDT ]]> Health and wellness in the Australian coal mining industry: a cross sectional analysis of baseline findings from the RESHAPE workplace wellness program https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38093 'Health Workplace Framework and Model') which aims to provide a sustained approach to wellness in the workplace. This paper presents baseline findings from a pilot study that aimed to implement RESHAPE at three mine sites in NSW, Australia, and investigates the issue of overweight and obesity in the coal mining industry. Across three mine sites, 949 coal miners were examined cross-sectionally on a range of workplace, wellness, health, diet, and exercise factors using a paper-based survey. This was a predominantly male sample (90.4%) with the majority (59.2%) of participants aged 25-44 years. Selfreported height and weight measures indicated that less than 20 percent (18.9%) of participants were in a healthy BMI range, while there were effectively equal numbers of overweight (40.9%) and obese (39.1%) participants. Only 3.5% of participants met the daily recommendation for vegetables (5 serves) and shift-workers had greater association with elevated BMI compared to non-shift workers (B = 1.21, 95% CI: 0.23, 2.20, p = 0.016). Poor nutrition is likely to be a key component in elevated levels of overweight and obesity within this industry, with workplace factors compounding challenges workers face in implementing health behavior change. Future studies would benefit from assessing diet and physical activity knowledge in relation to recommendations and serving sizes.]]> Tue 03 Aug 2021 18:29:05 AEST ]]> Workplace Health Promotion Programs Targeting Smoking, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54921 3 months, and pooled mean decrease in body mass index 0.06 kg/m2 up to 3 months; -0.27 kg/m2 for >3 months. Despite the encouraging direction of the relationship, results were not statistically significant (p > .05). Findings underscore the potential of workplace health promotion programs targeting certain chronic disease risk factors in men; however, future research should consider long-term study designs to assess the efficacy of workplace health programs as a solution to the growing burden of global disease.]]> Thu 21 Mar 2024 13:41:02 AEDT ]]> Health and wellness in the Australian coal mining industry: An analysis of pre-post findings from the RESHAPE workplace health promotion program. https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51707 Fri 15 Sep 2023 14:09:33 AEST ]]> Workplace wellness programs targeting weight outcomes in men: A scoping review https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49128 Fri 05 May 2023 11:53:37 AEST ]]>