Alcohol, Drugs, Violence and Obesity in the Workplace
» Alcohol, Drugs, Violence and Obesity in the Workplace, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2004
11. Do you believe that substantial excess weight, or obesity, among employees is a business issue requiring the active interest of employers, or a personal issue requiring employers to disregard possible employee weight problems? Do you believe that strongly or not so strongly?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business issue, strongly | 19 | ||
| 2 | Business issue, not so strongly | 7 | ||
| 3 | Some of both, equally | 11 | ||
| 4 | Personal issue, not so strongly | 17 | ||
| 5 | Personal issue, strongly | 39 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 7 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 753 | |||
Notes: Fifty-five (55) percent of small employers think that employee obesity is a personal issue requiring employers to disregard possible employee weight problems (Q#11).
