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2008 Koop Award Winner

The LightenUP Study - Dow Chemical Company

Contact Person and Summary Data

General Information
Program Name The LightenUP Study
Company Name and Address

The Dow Chemical Company
Employee Development Center
Midland, MI 48674

Contact Person Karen Tully
Program Information
Program Category Worksite-based
Year begun 2004
Total number of individual participants 6,646
Number of currently actively enrolled 3,229
Access to Program Approximately 10,000 Dow employees at 12 sites in the US. Sites were randomized into various intensity levels: Five sites (n=~6,600) received "intense" environmental/ecologic interventions, four sites (n=~1,400) received "moderate" environometal/ecological interventions and three sites (n=~2,300 were control sites.
Program targeted at Healthy People 2010 and/or Healthy People 2010 goals Yes
Program goals (in priority order)

(1) Test the multifaceted hypothesis that, relative to individual interventions, environmental interventions
a) reduce the prevalence of obesity and overweight
b) reduce the prevalence of other weight-related risk factors,
c) improve health, and reduce healthcare utilization and expenditures, and
d) improve an array of indicators known to be related to employee productivity
(2) Test wether savings outweights program expenses, thus producing a positive return on investment