DESCRIPTION:
Keys to nutrition, fitness
and weight education programs that work. Tips that will help your
program's success.
It’s
no secret that poor nutritional choices are driving the obesity
epidemic. By categorizing workplace well programs into three main areas
of nutrition, fitness and weight management, wellness professionals can
begin to assess their programs and employers can see why a wellness
program can make a difference.
This 37-page white paper is divided into three sections consistent with
the title of this report: Nutrition, Fitness and Weight Management.
Simple
things like changing the menu in the company cafeteria can affect
important change and impact corporate wellness goals. For instance it
could impact diabetic and pre-diabetic employees at high risk for
cardiovascular disease as well as employees interested primarily in
weight loss.
Health nutrition guidelines may be coming soon for company cafeterias
and even for conferences and meeting. For instance, the University of
Minnesota School of Public Health has developed guidelines on food for
meetings.
This report makes that case that wellness managers have opportunities
to impact an individuals’ likelihood for physical activity.
Discover the ‘role’ of the wellness manager in this
scenario.
Wellness professionals and experts acknowledge that even a moderate
increase in exercise can help to reduce annual medical costs. Recent
research has proven that inactive older adults who simply increased
their physical activity to 90 minutes per week reduced medical costs by
$2,200 per year.
This white paper includes practical tips, suggested or model programs,
guidelines, and sound ideas.
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