Wellness

There is good and bad news about the state of obesity in the United States. The good? Obesity rates have essentially remained steady over the past year. The bad? They are still very, very high.

How well do incentives work? A study from Cigna offers insight into the question.

If you give employees a mid-morning break, your business may well benefit for the rest of the day.

Ford is expanding an experimental wellness program that it launched two years ago for chronically ill employees.

The number of health-focused mobile apps continues to climb in response to demand from consumers, particularly young people. Health care professionals are also adding to the demand by increasingly using apps as a way to encourage their patients to pursue healthier lifestyles.

Only weeks after a former Harvard economics instructor claimed that virtually all of the money companies have spent on wellness programs has been wasted, a Harvard study is highlighting one corporate wellness program as a ringing success.