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By Jenny Ivy |
May 22, 2012
Before a business should consider why a wellness program should be initiated, it should consider what may happen if it doesn't.
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By Jenny Ivy |
May 22, 2012
Elisa Mendel, vice president of Kaiser's HealthWorks, speaks with BenefitsPro about wellness programs, HBO’s new documentary, and the weight of the nation.
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By Jenny Ivy |
May 17, 2012
Benefits managers say poor health behavior is the greatest contributor to health plan costs. Members' decisions led to more than $317 billion of avoidable medical costs in 2011, according to a report from Express Scripts released Thursday.
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By Marilynn Marchione |
May 17, 2012
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf...
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By Lolita C. Baldor |
May 17, 2012
Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.
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By Jenny Ivy |
May 15, 2012
Christina "Gigi" Filippi is a call center sales manager in Hendersonville, Tenn. After establishing an employee-run wellness program in her office, she has lost more than 97 pounds.
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By Jenny Ivy |
May 14, 2012
Employers and HR professionals know obesity impacts business. And as a nation, we've been outright told we're too fat. So why, after decades of increasing waistlines, would we expect a national campaign to suddenly change things?
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By Jenny Ivy |
May 14, 2012
Democratic House members from New York and California are pushing a bill that would mandate special privileges to women who wish to remain in the workplace and maintain a healthy pregnancy.
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By Amanda McGrory |
May 10, 2012
Seven in 10 employers provide wellness benefits, including flu shots, health screenings and weight management programs, which are contributing to the improved lives of their employees, according to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ recent survey, Wellness Programs and Value-Based Health Care.
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By Lauran Neergaard |
May 8, 2012
Fighting obesity will require changes everywhere Americans live, work, play and learn, says a major new report that outlines dozens of options — from building more walkable neighborhoods to zoning limits on fast-food restaurants to selling healthier snacks in sports arenas.
