You can lead an employee to a fitness center, but you can't make them fit — either mentally or physically.
That's the takeaway from recently published research in the American Journal of Health Promotion. Authors writing for the journal, in two separate studies, looked at whether fitness center use supported by an employer makes people happier and healthier, and what motivates them to continue with a certain fitness activity.
Those who use fitness centers the most become more fit, Mayo Clinic researchers found. No surprise there. But what was somewhat puzzling was that they did not necessarily show improved mental health.
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