We have reported frequently on the importance of focusing on mental health and not just physical health (for example here, here, and here). With the holidays here and the New Year around the corner, this is certainly a time for optimism -- which is not just good for...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently clarified a view that most well-run workplace wellness programs espouse: The importance of mental health awareness and the fact that mental health is just as important as physical health. The EEOC's...
What role can business play in individual -- and collective -- wellness? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched its "Health Means Business" effort: "The private sector holds tremendous influence to bolster a greater culture of health in America. The Chamber...
We have written frequently about the costs to the workplace from employees who lack sleep (for example here, here, and here). We've also written about the negative effects of sugar (for example, here and here). Today, the two come together. A new study in Sleep...
It's a textbook "good news, bad news" story. But either way, it matters for workplace wellness. The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced recently that "smoking is at an all-time low," according to Medscape. However, "millions still remain at risk for...
National Diabetes Month may have ended yesterday, but our reporting on this important workplace wellness issue hasn't. As the American Diabetes Association has suggested using "impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose with the lower cut points" as an...
As MedPage points out, much of what we hear about healthy eating has to do with what we eat. When we eat seems to matter, too: "In an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, researchers found that the more meals people ate during...
We don't mean to ruin the single-best U.S. eating day of the year... but as you prepare for your Thanksgiving feast, a new report that the meal may stay with you longer than you think. MedPage writes that "Around the world, weight gained from holiday feasting takes...
Today is National Healthy Lunch Day (of course, we try to recognize healthy lunch day every day!), which means it's a good time for quick reminders on how to eat right (and not cut corners) during the busy and stressful workday. We've reported frequently on healthy...