'The impacts of workplace wellness programs aren’t just likely ineffective; they can also compound existing inequities.'
, Soeren Mattke, M.D., D.Sc., physician, professor of economics, and director of the Center for Improving Chronic Illness Care at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, said, “With unhealthy lifestyles and poor health more frequent in lower socioeconomic strata, such incentives, especially if they go beyond token amounts, shift costs to the most vulnerable employees. And that is not responsible stewardship.
Workplace wellness programs can also stoke stigma in the workplace, inviting more hostility toward fat workers. Research shows that even limited exposure to messaging that frames fatness as an issue of public health or personal responsibility may. Weight-centered workplace wellness programs seem to be constructed around the idea that weight loss isn’t just possible; it’s a worker’s responsibility to their colleagues and employer.
Even programs that aren’t explicitly weight-focused, but instead focused on activity levels, biometric screenings, or other measures can feed into eating disorders, excessive exercise , and other disordered behaviors surrounding food and exercise. And programs that offer financial or health care incentives for meeting biometric targets tend to systematically disadvantage people who are already disabled or chronically ill.
But even without these specific pressures on employees, conceptually, workplace wellness programs simply don’t hold water. They often ask employees to attain and maintain a “healthy weight” BMI—
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