So you sit at a cubicle or a desk too many hours a day. You also see the reporting and the studies that indicate that "sitting is the new smoking." The question is: Should employers seek ways to introduce activity, movement or exercise into their employees' workday?...
Two interesting tales from overseas that add up to one lesson on workplace wellness: Get started! First, Coca-Cola Europe: The International Sport and Culture Association wrote last summer about Coke's involvement in Move Week. The key lesson: Activities that the...
Might the best place to learn about exercise be... business school? It could be if you're lucky enough to study with Dr. Ayelet Fishbach, the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago. Her recent...
Need more evidence that company culture is key to making workplace wellness programs great? One important tactic: Get employees out of their seats. Ellen Chang writes in Main St. that "sitting in a cubicle for eight or more hours a day is detrimental to the health of...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control wants us to know what many intuitively know is true: "Good Health is Good Business." Through its National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) arm, the CDC has introduced Total Worker Health™: "Total Worker Health™...
Harvard wants us to eat better. Harvard Health Publications reports: "The new Healthy Eating Plate was created by Harvard Health Publications and nutrition experts at the Harvard School of Public Health. It offers more specific and more accurate recommendations for...
Today is National Wear Red Day, organized by the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women: "1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke each year. Celebrate National Wear Red Day with Go Red For Women on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 to help save women’s lives. Join...
How can cities find ways to promote bicycling to work? It may not be as costly as previously thought. The Denver Business Journal reports that "Setting up costly infrastructure to promote bicycling to work might be less important than things like multimodal...
Need more evidence of the growth of workplace wellness programs? You might want to look, then, at the UAE. The National, Abu Dhabi Media's first English-language publication, reports that "companies in the Emirates are gradually realising that investing in sustainable...