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Workers at Boston's Museum of Science “relieve stress once a month by floating to the outer reaches of the cosmos. They participate in fitness competitions, naming their teams after dinosaurs and cellular machinery. And their workplace weight-loss program, which comes directly from a local university, has helped them drop more pounds than similar efforts elsewhere,” the Boston Globe reports.

“Three-quarters of American employees now have access to wellness programs at their workplaces — screening for diabetes and encouraging smoking cessation and weight loss. But the programs offered at the Museum of Science are a little different — playful while also encouraging healthy behaviors.”

Said museum chief operating officier Wayne Bouchard: “We make science and math fun. We thought we could do the same for wellness.”

“In its three years, the program has been more successful than even its organizers expected… The workplace wellness program’s biggest success has been its weight-loss effort, which has helped employees shed 750 pounds over the last two years.”