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* obesity, physical inactivity, depression, tobacco use, high blood glucose, high BP, stress, high total cholesterol, poor diet and high alcohol consumption
** The study was inspired and funded by a consortium of employers and worksite health promotion advocates convened by the Health Enhancement Research Organization, thus was referred to as the HERO study.
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Higher health risks = higher costs: revisiting the HERO study. PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 668, 4 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40274-012-0011-0
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