Firm flexibility = healthier worker habits - UPI

Corporate commitment to flexibility such as flextime, job sharing and telecommuting can translate into U.S. workers adopting healthier lifestyles.

Lead author Joseph G. Grzywacz of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., said if companies provide workplace flexibility -- and if employees perceive that flexibility as real -- then healthier habits result.

Grzywacz used data from Health Risk Appraisals, completed by executives, administrative staff, production and warehouse workers of a large multinational pharmaceutical company recognized as one of the most family-friendly U.S. employers....