Employer Wellness

Wellness Programs are crucial to improving the health of our nations. Most adults spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, making it a great venue for promoting healthy habits.

The worksite organizational culture and environment are powerful influences on behavior and this needs to be put to use to helping workers to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Benefits to Wellness Programs include –  

• Weight reduction

• Improved physical fitness

• Increased stamina

• Lower levels of stress

• Increased wellness, self-image and self-esteem

Employers can also benefit from Wellness Programs. As reported by recent research, employers’ benefits are –

• Enhanced recruitment and retention of healthy employees

• Reduced health care costs

• Decreased rates of illness and injuries

• Reduced worker absenteeism

• Improved worker relations and morale

• Increased productivity

A USA  Department of Health and Human Services report revealed that at worksites with exercise programs as components of their Wellness Programs have –

• Decreased health care costs by 20 to 55%

• Decreased short-term sick time by six to 32%

• Increased productivity by two to 52 percent

Thanks to modern medicine, life expectancy for American Citizens has continually increased. How much we enjoy these additional years, nonetheless, depends greatly on how we’ve lived our lives.

When our quality of life is to remain high so that we can fully enjoy these extra years, we must practice good eating habits, be active and refrain from using tobacco products.