Today is American Diabetes Alert Day. Medical News Today reports that "it is estimated that more than 29 million people in the US have diabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for around 90-95% of these cases. The condition occurs as a result of the body being unable to...
How can company's use workplace wellness to help drive internal culture? Corporate Wellness Magazine takes a terrific look at exactly how this worked for Chipotle Mexican Grill. The piece states: "Chipotle had wanted to build a culture of wellness that matched its...
How much can others influence our desire to stay fit? According to a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the answer is a lot. The new research found that "if one spouse improves his or her exercise regimen, the other spouse is...
Is stress at the office contagious? The Wall Street Journal reported that "working with people who are stressed has both physiological and emotional effects. Perspiration produced under emotional strain releases alarm pheromones, or airborne chemical signals. When...
The Business Roundtable provides an interesting infographic: Examples that show how various companies have reduced health care costs, largely through wellness activities.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index report for 2014 came out, and if you want to live in the healthiest state, you very well may have to travel a great distance. Alaska was ranked No. 1 in the country for highest overall well-being, according to Gallup. The report...
In our continuing coverage of National Nutrition Month, we take a look at a common nutrition questions: Should we really make the effort to eat fish regularly? Or is that advice just another fish story? The Harvard Medical School is clear: Make fish your catch of the...
In case you missed it, yesterday was National Registered Dietitian Day (if you did miss it, please go celebrate your favorite dietitian now!). And we came across a piece that answered a question that everyone should know the answer to: What does a dietitian do?...
The next time your boss says your fitness plays no role in an evaluation of your productivity, you might not want to believe it. A new study by the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) concludes that "more than 90 percent of surveyed business leaders said...