Workplace wellness works best when a company maintains a "culture of health." We've reported often on this trend, including here, here, and here. Now, Rebecca Ellison, Knox County (TN) Health Department Nutritionist, offers ways that companies can improve their health...
Interactive Health has released a new eBook covering the 6 Top Wellness Trends for 2017 -- new wellness trends that will positively impact employee lives and the bottom line. These insights were derived from internal experts, who collectively have spent decades...
As part of its periodic series discussing the Culture of Health, the Health Affairs Blog addresses how to build a culture of workplace health, noting that it's "More Complicated Than Offering Workers Money To Be Healthy." To be clear, the authors (who include Ron...
Do management and non-management employees see workplace wellness programs similarly? And for companies looking to grow engagement in their wellness programs, what conclusions can be gained from exploring these two groups? These were among the questions of a 2015...
We have written often about the importance of addressing mental health concerns as part of a well-run workplace wellness program (for example here, here, and here). Now a new study by researchers who partnered with a "large international financial services company"...
As we look at the pending workplace wellness trends for 2017, Interactive Health vice president of health services Jane Ruppert recently offered views in Workforce. Among the highlights: Social well-being. Says Ruppert: "Employees tend to adopt healthy behaviors when...
We have written recently about two topics that might seem to have little connection, except in that they both are central to well-run workplace wellness programs – diabetes and mental health. Now a new study in the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine...
We've reported frequently on prediabetes (for example here, here and here). As screenings become an important aspect in identifying the disease, it also remains important to focus on lifestyle interventions as well. The challenge, it seems, is one where a well-run...
Last week we reported on United Benefit Advisors’ recent report, “2016 Trends: How Employers Use Wellness Programs” and how more small businesses implement workplace wellness programs. Today we offer other highlights from the UBA survey, many of which are extremely...