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“Workplace wellness programs aren’t new. For decades some employers have aimed to prevent disease, promote good health and save money through programs and activities. They’ve offered gym discounts, distributed newsletters, sponsored weight-loss challenges and fielded Bloomsday corporate cup teams,” the Spokesman Review reports.
“According to a RAND Health study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about half of U.S. employers offer wellness promotion initiatives.”
“But with health care risks and costs growing much like the collective American waistline, the corporate approach to creating wellness may be expanding from saving money to saving lives.”
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