Goals

Lose weight fast, no exercise required! Drop two dress sizes in a week! Eat pizza and drink beer to shed pounds!

Friends may swear by it, coworkers may rave over it, pants sizes all around seem to melt away as a result of the latest and greatest diet craze. Unfortunately, the diet that seems too good … Continue Reading »

As 2010 prepares to pack it in and move it out to make room for a new year, take some time to reflect on your accomplishments.

As a health and wellness promoter, you probably don’t often take a step back to admire the fruits of your labor. It can even seem at times that your efforts … Continue Reading »

It’s the season of giving, which can only mean one thing: Next month the Christmas bills will start rolling in.

What that may mean for your staff members is worry, distraction, and a drop in productivity as their personal financial strain follows them to the office.

Money problems are a leading cause of stress among Americans, according … Continue Reading »

Productivity can mean the difference between a thriving business that surpasses its competitors or one that struggles to keep up … or even fails.

A healthy staff is a productive one, and your employees’ job performance often reflects their physical and mental state, either positively or negatively.

That’s just one of the reasons your employees’ health and … Continue Reading »

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and new anti-smoking research seems to back up the old adage.

A survey conducted on more than 500 smokers in the United States and Canada found that graphic images of diseased mouths, cancerous tissues, and other consequences of smoking may strongly influence smokers to quit.

The idea is … Continue Reading »

“Falling back” can spell bad news for a fitness routine.

With sundown coming earlier, many people arrive home after dark following a full day at the office.

Combined with the cooler weather, it’s easy to see why workouts can suffer. After all, it’s hard to stay motivated to exercise when the most appealing option is a hot … Continue Reading »

You probably answer this question at least once a day: debit or credit?

Well, if you’re watching your waistline, you might want to have cash on hand instead.

New research indicates that people make more impulsive food purchases (which tend to be on the unhealthy side) when they’re paying with plastic than they do when paying with … Continue Reading »

Diet and exercise, diet and exercise … Is the message wearing a little thin among your employees?

As crucial as these two concepts are to health and wellness, frequent repetition might be causing many people to turn a deaf ear.

And yet new research offers even more evidence that behavioral changes such as diet and exercise aid … Continue Reading »

You do it every day, even if it’s just from your house to your car to your office and back again.

Why not take it a step (or a few thousand of them) further?

Walking workouts are ideal for those just getting started with a fitness program, and it’s easy to see why.

Assuming you mastered the … Continue Reading »

Is money (or lack thereof) what’s keeping your employees from taking on a full-scale weight-loss program?

If so, we have good news: It doesn’t have to cost a lot to be effective.

A study published recently in the journal Obesity shows that people who participated for three years in a comparatively inexpensive weight-loss program were successful in … Continue Reading »