Despite the plethora of wearables, more information doesn’t necessarily change behavior. (Photo: Shutterstock)
If there’s a clear winner in the battle the wellness industry is waging against the ills that trouble employees, it’s the wellness industry itself.
In many cases, employees aren’t healthier, nor are employers reaping the benefits they expected from all the money they’re spending on such programs. That’s according to a report in Scientific American.
Researchers created a wellness program at the University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign and employees were randomly put in either the iThrive wellness program or a control group. “One year later,” they write, “when we compared the control group to the iThrive group, we found that the program didn’t lead to healthier employees or reduce health care costs.”
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
