I’m stepping aside from the series about the ShapeUp Employer Wellness Survey results to take a knee-deep dive into the obesity study published in the journal Obesity in 2009.

Bottom line: ShapeUp met a standard for excellence by publishing, in a peer-reviewed journal, the positive outcomes generated by it’s social-based wellness platform. The study should be a key consideration for any prospective purchaser who seeks evidence-based solutions (and that should be all of us). But…while the study, despite some limitations, gives ShapeUp the grounds on which to argue, “Anyone serious about controlling behavior-driven health care costs in America would be wise to zero in on weight loss interventions,” those of us in the field should take pause before Read the rest of this entry »