Perks to stay healthy work

When you give your employees a little extra incentive to stay heathy, the results are amazing.
Incentive ideas include: additional time off, prize drawings, workplace competitions, discounts on health-plan premiums…

CDC finds high rates of uncontrolled BP, cholesterol

Last month, the American Heart Association projected that the costs of heart disease in the United States would triple between now and 2030, to more than $800 billion a year.…

Work Place Wellness is Critical to Worldwide Wellness

Sadly, one-third of the world’s workforce suffers from preventable chronic diseases in any given year. This triggers lost workdays and lower employee productivity. In the U.S. alone, the cost of…

Healthy Eating Tips from the Experts

Registered dietitian, Toby Amidor, writes that she polled nutrition experts on their top tips for getting healthy, and notes that several were about portion control. Other experts discussed the importance…

Wellness incentives are smart business

The CDC estimates the annual health care costs associated with obesity are approximately $147 billion. Since businesses assume most of these expenses, establishing a wellness plan is critical.
Does this…

Yo-Fi Wellness at SHRM

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Yo-Fi Wellness made a splash at the 2010 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). See what Yo-Fi Posse Member, Mitchel Bleier, has to say about the Yo-Fi Wellness philosophy.…

Working out at work: More companies offering exercise programs to encourage sharper, happier employees

By Brent Manley
It happened for the first time one weekday last summer. A small group of employees at the accounting firm of Cannon Wright Blount put on appropriate clothing…

Yoga's Spiritual Balance May Boost Health

Science is starting to reveal proven benefits for a range of maladies
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter 
Yoga may be becoming more of a mainstream approach to Americans' health woes.…

Employees compete to be ‘biggest loser’

By Becky Glander

ISANTI COUNTY— Scientific reviews indicate that employee wellness programs reduce medical costs and rates of absenteeism and produce a positive return on investment.
Since there are…