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4 Easy Ways to Step Up Your Employee Wellness Program | Ohio Benefit Advisors

Employee Wellness Programs are a key factor in employee engagement and overall company success in today’s business world. Wellness programs are consistently evolving and changing as employee demands shift. Companies are constantly looking for new ways to engage and encourage their employees, preferably at a lower cost. Below are some effective and cost-efficient ways to … Continued

Educating Employees on Wellness Program Options | Ohio Benefit Advisors

Adopting best practices for wellness program designs are important in successfully investing in a workplace environment focused on well-being. Finding the right partners, tools, and interventions, and creating an incentive design that hits the sweet spot to motivate employees to participate are all essential. Many organizations fall short and wellness programs often stall when employees … Continued

Cost Effective Wellness Strategies for Small Business Employers |Ohio Benefit Advisors

Companies like Google®, L.L. Bean®, and Zappos.com® have the ability to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on wellness programs for their employees. They can build state-of-the-art gym facilities, walking trails around the corporate campus, and offer any number of wellness services to benefit their workers, as well as monetary incentives. For the average employer … Continued

Striving for a Culture Change in Your Wellness Program (Part 1) | Ohio Benefit Advisors

Many of us have seen or heard about the various wellness programs referred to as “participation–based” programs. These participation-only programs continue to be the starting point for many organizations when they enter the world of workplace wellness. Participatory programs typically include a few individual and team-based activities, offer a level of electronic or onsite seminar … Continued

Obesity drives up workers’ comp claims

Obese employees make more workers’ comp claims, and they make costlier ones than non-obese employees. Read full article here

Doctors urged to treat obesity like any other ailment; New guidelines say do whatever it takes to get the pounds off

There’s no ideal diet that’s right for everyone, but that shouldn’t stop the nation’s doctors from helping their heavy patients battle weight issues as aggressively as things like blood pressure, according to new obesity treatment guidelines released Tuesday.

Bike and health expert advocates collaborative approach to wellness

Through modernization, we have developed a way of living that is designed for comfort and convenience. Now we have to change the way of living that has caused obesity and obesity related health problems.

Obesity’s disease label could spell trouble for employers

Earlier this year, the American Medical Association deemed obesity a disease. Find out what the implications are for employers.

Authors expose obesity myths

Fact or fiction? Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad.

Big Mississippi

Mississippi has the highest proportion of obese adults in the country

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