The American College of Sports Medicine published its annual fittest cities in the nation list. The top 10 cities on the list: Washington, DC Minneapolis, MN Portland, OR Denver, CO San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Seattle, WA San Diego, CA Boston, MA Sacramento, CA The...
"In their infancy, wellness programs focused exclusively on physical health — a common-sense starting point. That focus was, and remains, needed. However, with growing stress in employees’ personal lives, to truly commit to a wellness initiative a company must go...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal "launched a state employee wellness initiative aimed at reducing the state health insurance program’s costs," the New Orleans Advocate reports. "The program brings health screenings and wellness screenings to employees where they work as...
Mark Sagor says that employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) can help employers with their health and wellness initiatives in several ways: 1. "Stress is an underlying problem in a variety of chronic health condition including heart disease, obesity and high blood...
"As employers face growing challenges with employee disengagement, many are looking toward wellness programs as the surest route to improve morale and workplace culture. And while the Affordable Care Act offers improved incentives to support workplace wellness...
Benz Communications provides five tips that you can incorporate into your benefit programs, communications and culture to help employee meet their health and well-being goals. 1. Encourage physical activity - "Whether it’s walking, taking stretch breaks, using a yoga...
Could more stress from work also make you happier? If so, many readers must feel they're the happiest people in the world. But this seeming contradiction was the finding of a recent Gallup study: " U.S. workers who email for work and who spend more hours working...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention notes that a workplace health program that "combines both individual and organizational strategies may produce benefits both for individual employees and their families as well as the organization as a whole." How...
"Workplace wellness doesn’t have to mean on-site gyms and in-house personal trainers. Small companies may be able to encourage healthy living and offer compelling perks to employees without spending a lot of money and time putting together a plan," the Wall Street...