Promotion

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.

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Take care of your heart, and your heart will take care of you.

That’s advice any corporate wellness advisor can get behind. After all, heart health is a key factor in overall health, and a strongly pumping heart keeps your employees in prime physical and mental condition.

With heart disease ranked as the number one killer of … Continue Reading »

Selling health topics to a motley assortment of fairly sedentary people is no mean feat.

But it’s one you take on every day because you understand the importance of workplace health and wellness, and how having employees in tip-top physical and mental condition will keep your business that way, too.

More and more corporations are realizing that … Continue Reading »

Our country’s weight problem isn’t going to disappear on its own.

What better place to do your part to help people slim down than the one where so many Americans spend most of their time: at work? After all, workplace culture, with its break-room doughnuts and chair-based workstations, is being blamed for a good deal of … Continue Reading »

The good news: Americans are doing more walking and biking than they were a decade ago. The not-so-good news: Not much more.

The increase translated to about 9 extra miles per year, which is not quite the dramatic change it would take to put a significant dent in the obesity epidemic or our nation’s overall health.

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Imagine if daily exercise were as much a part of your employees’ routine as showering, brushing their teeth, or getting dressed for the day.

Lucky for us, people rarely cite lack of time or energy to perform those common tasks. But when it comes to exercise, excuses and rationalizations abound.

“I’ll double my workout tomorrow to make … Continue Reading »

It’s almost time to bid a fond farewell to a year of ups and downs, successes and failures, and plenty of things between.

But before we raise our glasses to toast the end of 2010 and the beginning of a shiny New Year, let’s reflect on some of what we’ve found to be your favorite Corporate … 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 »

Ever wonder if your efforts to promote wellness on your staff are in vain?

If so, take heart: It seems employers could be more influential than they realize when it comes to motivating employees to make healthy lifestyle changes.

What’s more, that position can be powerful enough to affect not just employees, but those employees’ families, as … Continue Reading »

Peer pressure doesn’t end when adolescence does.

The influence of friends, family, and coworkers on individuals is getting a closer look thanks to something called “network science.”

This study of social networks might shed some light on how relationships can promote good health.

It’s logical that if friends can lead each other to engage in negative behaviors, … Continue Reading »