Today we offer more insights around National Nutrition Month. Last week we published useful tips and a video from The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that covered how to eat right for one's lifestyle. Of course, a well-run workplace wellness program also can help...
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National Nutrition Month: Tips, Videos, More
March is National Nutrition Month and The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics provides a wide range of useful tips, videos, and more. We've reported often about the role a well-run workplace wellness program can play in helping employees manage nutrition and eat right...
Another Health Reason (Obesity) to Manage Stress: Study
We have written frequently on the dangers of stress and importance of mental well-being as part of a well-run workplace wellness program (for example here, here, and here). Now researchers may have identified yet another reason to manage stress, according to MedPage...
Exercise, Diet, Productivity: Where Does Your State Rank?
Gallup recently released its annual "State of the States" poll that measures, among other factors, well-being in each state. Their definition of well-being is also very wide. The index comprises questions measuring: Purpose: liking what you do each day and being...
Healthy Eating Drives Benefits for Smokers: Study
We have reported often on the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables (here, here, and here). We also have reported often on the negative health aspects of smoking (here, here, and here). Today's post puts the two together and provides important support for the...
Helpful Hints: How to Read a Food Label
We report frequently on the role a well-run workplace wellness program can play in helping employees stay healthy through weight management. Indeed, our recent podcast with with Dr. Brian Wansink provided incredibly useful insights around the ways that simple...
Nutrition Experts Weigh in on Saturated Fat
Keeping track of proper dietary guidelines can be a challenge. We have reported on ways that workplace wellness programs can help employees understand diet, for example here, here, and here. Now MedPage Today reports that "the optimal level of fats in the diet, and...
Glimpse Into the Future: Study Outlines Possible Tech Disruptions for Health
The PwC Health Research Institute’s annual report has come out and, according to HIT Consultant, "2017 is the year to prepare for the arrival of several technologies poised to disrupt the industry. This myriad of tech-driven innovation will impact just about...
Study: Addressing Diabetes Prevention with Weight Loss
A key goal of well-run workplace wellness programs is to help address diabetes concerns among employees (as we've reported here, here, and here). Now MedPage Today reports that "maintaining stable weight and loss of weight were each strongly associated with a...