Table 4.

Criteria to Assess Worksite Eligibility for the Swift Worksite Assessment and Translation (SWAT) Project

Worksites must:
1. Have data to document the success of the program, where success is defined as one of the following for at least a 1-year period: Weight loss among overweight participants (body mass index [BMI] ≥25.0 kg/m2) or favorable changes in eating patterns or physical activity and prevention of weight gain among participants at a healthy weight (BMI ≥18.5 kg/m2 and <25.0 kg/m2).
2. Be willing to consider CDC suggestions for enhancing the design of their program evaluation activities.
3. Agree to publicly share, through CDC channels, information about their worksite health promotion practices.
Programs must:
4. Have valid, reliable, and convincing data used by the worksite to assess healthy weight outcomes. Priority will be given to higher-quality data, especially measured (vs self-reported) height and weight.
5. Be conducted in a workplace or a community surrounding a workplace.
6. Be sponsored by a US company/organization that has been in operation for at least 3 years. (Interventions for military personnel are excluded. Interventions for civilians in a military setting may be included.)
7. Be open to participation by most employees. (Executive-only type programs are excluded.)
8. Operate at the worksite for a minimum of 1 year.
Programs may be at an individual, group, organizational (virtual/physical), or community level and may involve behavior, policy, or environmental changes.