Issue 4
Worksite Wellness
Throw Away That Scale: The Hidden Harm of Weight Loss Programs
Weight loss is a common—and commonly abandoned—New Year’s resolutions. Here are five proven strategies to lower health risks and their associated costs in the long term.
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Put on the brakes before going over your Stress Cliff
You wouldn’t consider driving your car over a cliff, would you? Yet too much stress pushes you ever closer to your own Stress Cliff every day
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Why Healthy Posture is So Important!
Posture. Just mention the word and we tend to sit up straighter. We think of our mothers harping on us as children
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Me and the COO: fitness as a fiduciary responsibility
A couple of years ago, I delivered two hours of health coaching to the chief operating officer (COO) of a large publicly traded company, and his wife, at their capacious home
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What is Long-Term Care?
When people consider the subject of long-term care, they often think about nursing homes.
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Creating the Right Fitness Facility For Your Company, part 2
Now that you have had a month or so to begin formulating a plan, you have an idea in which direction
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Creating Yoga Classes for a Healthier Workforce
In these times of uncertainty, managing stress has become more challenging than ever. Workplace stress, in particular
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Bending the Cost of Healthcare – Get Paid to Lose Weight
As the lively debate over healthcare reform continues, there has been frequent mention of bending
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MEDICARE – MEDICAID & NOW MEDICHAOS?
The health reform debate has become increasingly delusional or devious
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INITIATING A WELLNESS PROGRAM WHILE NAVIGATING A HEALTH RENEWAL INCREASE – TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
You have been trying to implement a wellness program in your company for a long time.
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Jackson County’s proACTIVE Wellness Initiative
pAWI is a community initiative that successfully incorporated the local hospital, public health department, s
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SUCCESS OVER STRESS
The cost of uncontrolled stress to American business is high, exceeding $300 billion dollars each year as a result of drug and alcohol abuse
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Don’t Get Worse
The realities of the typical American lifestyle and the natural progression of ageing consistently show that overall health
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Corporate Wellness Conference in Los Angeles a Huge Success
The first annual national employer Corporate Wellness Conference in Los Angeles, October 27-28th, was a huge success
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The home Social Networks Help Employees See Health as a Top Priority
It was Walking Wednesday, part of an integrated workplace wellness program that encourages employees to take an active walk outside during their lunch hour. Trouble
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Developing Trends in the Corporate Wellness World
If you go online and Google “corporate wellness”, you will be inundated with links and advertisements from hundreds,
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How to Reduce Your Risk for Chronic Disease
Study shows it’s about getting back to basics
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Prepare Now to Lower Healthcare Insurance Costs in 2009
With the economic outlook for 2009 rather grim, business owners will have to do more with less - yet
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