A Culture Of Wellness

As we bid a not-so-fond farewell to summer’s sweltering temperatures, it’s time to double our efforts to promote physical fitness.

Fall, like spring, marks an ideal season for taking up a new exercise program. It’s not too hot, not too cold, and autumn’s natural beauty adds a little extra incentive for moving it outside.

If your employees … Continue Reading »

Fall kicks off football-filled weekends, cooler temperatures, colorful leaves … and a few unwelcome accompaniments.

Colds, flu, and seasonal allergies will probably start making the rounds at your office in the near future, if they haven’t already. For your employees, that means feeling physically ill and mentally drained; for you, it means taking up the slack … Continue Reading »

Your workers’ time is precious. With most of their waking hours spent on the job, so-called free time is invaluable, elusive, and, for many, hard to set aside for something like fitness.

The much-lauded work-life balance that is so vital to employees’ well-roundedness is often focused on dividing time between job responsibilities and those outside the … Continue Reading »

For information gathering, social networking, and corporate connecting, the Internet is unsurpassed.

It seems this indispensable tool of modern society can do pretty much anything … including, research says, help people lose weight.

OK, so maybe it’s not plausible for your employees to simply point and click their way to weight loss. But online tools such … Continue Reading »

Preventing disease starts with promoting awareness.

Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, even cancer … understanding the risk factors and what can be done to decrease them greatly improves the odds of avoiding these diseases entirely or at least lessening their severity and improving one’s long-term outlook.

Particularly in the case of cancer, early detection is key. The … Continue Reading »

A stressed-out employee is a liability to your business. And odds are, there is more than one stressed-out employee in your midst.

Stress comes in many forms, from many directions, and can affect everything from physical health to mental well being to the ability to function at work.

For employers, whether stress is work-related or not matters … Continue Reading »

You can’t trust anyone these days, they say. But for the sake of your health, says one new study, maybe you should.

University of Missouri researchers have found that people who trust their neighbors have better self-reported health.

Says study author Eileen Bjornstrom, “Because human beings engage in interpersonal comparisons in order to gauge individual characteristics, it … Continue Reading »

The numbers don’t lie: America is getting fatter.

As it stands, approximately one-third of Americans are obese. The even scarier part? If we continue on this path, that statistic will rise to one-half by the year 2030.

This prediction comes from a new report spotlighted online in an obesity-focused edition of The Lancet, and it paints a … Continue Reading »

Aah, the weekend. Time to relax, indulge, stay up late and sleep later … or maybe not.

Sure, it’s nice (and necessary) to have a break from the daily grind. It gives people time to catch up on life outside the office, to engage in family time and leisure activities, as well as take care of … Continue Reading »

Holding down a full-time job while balancing family, friends, and social obligations isn’t easy for anyone.

Add a chronic physical problem to the mix and you can see how difficult it can be to get it all done to the best of your ability.

For those who have health problems that limit their abilities, sap their energy, … Continue Reading »