This employee is having the pressure of her giant sweater measured so that she can add it her health risk appraisal.

Self-reported data on health risk appraisals has its pros and cons, despite the failure of many wellness and benefits professionals to acknowledge the pros. What about data obtained at worksite biometric health screenings? How valid is it?

[For this post, "biometric" refers to the measurement of biological test results, as opposed to its increasingly popular usage describing the identification of individuals based on their biology. "Valid" is used in a more casual, rather than statistical, context.]

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