Download or read book Managing the Costs of Obese and Overweight Employees Through Employer provided Wellness Programs written by Rachel Stern and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2017, titled The Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight: A Workshop. The discussions covered treatments for obesity, overweight, and severe obesity in adults and children; emerging treatment opportunities; the development of a workforce for obesity treatments; payment and policy considerations; and promising paths to move forward. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Download or read book Workplace Wellness Programs Study written by Soeren Mattke and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence and impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a literature review, a survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five employer case studies.
Download or read book Managing Obesity in the Workplace written by Nerys Williams and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Managing Obesity in the Workplace" comprehensively examines how obesity impacts business and provides examples of action that can be taken by employers to prevent weight gain and facilitate weight loss in their staff. A considered, evidence-based analysis of the extent of the obesity problem reveals how this public health epidemic affects all workplaces influencing fitness to work, sickness absence, discrimination and bullying.Case studies from around the world clearly illustrate the extent of the problem and offer practical, innovative and budget friendly solutions for all businesses, large and small. With a focus on nutrition, physical activity, motivation and education, this book is ideal for occupational health professionals, public health and primary care doctors and nurses, health and safety officers, and nutritionists and dieticians. Organisations promoting workplace health, including sports/exercise equipment suppliers, will find it enlightening reading, as will business owners and managers.
Download or read book Development of an Employer sponsored Health and Wellness Program written by Brenna Christine Manion and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is affecting Americans at a higher rate and cost than ever before. This disparity does not evade those who work in hospitals or health professions, as the nursing profession is routinely statistically ranked in the top ten most obese occupations in the United States. Obesity, and its co-morbidities, such as depression, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, and chronic joint pain, are associated with higher rates of injury, absenteeism, and poor job performance. The purpose of this project was to analyze the current overall health status of the employees at a community hospital in Western Montana and to use this statistical information to develop a health and wellness program tailored to the identified deficiencies and problem areas. A total of 403 employees, 32% of the total population, participated in voluntary free health screenings. Results of the screenings indicated that 32.3% (n=130) of staff were overweight (BMI 25-29.9), and 25.6% (n=103) were obese (BMI >30). Additionally, 77.4% (n=312) of the screened population reported exercising less than five days per week, while 13.4% (n=54) reported not exercising at all. In regards to daily caloric intake, 63.3% (n=255) of employees are at increased risk for health issues related to poor food choices, while 28% (n=113) are at very high risk. Furthermore, when analyzing mental health, 31.3% (n=126) of employees indicated high levels of stress at work, 20.1% (n=81) indicated they are experiencing two or more major life events that were causing stress, and 16.4% (n=66) reported having a depressed mood, or feeling down, unhappy, and hopeless. These findings demonstrated that this setting is in need of overall health improvement. Through this project, a multifaceted health and wellness program was established to target the identified risk areas, as well as promote overall wellbeing at no cost to the employee. The conclusion of this project is that through the identification of problem areas and creation of the associated interventions, a health conscious work environment that promotes average BMI, healthy eating, balanced mental health, and physical activity provides multiple incentives and benefits to both the individual and the employer (CDC, 2014).
Download or read book Tackling Workplace Obesity written by Vandana Singh and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a steep rise in its healthcare cost, GlobalMinds Consulting Pvt Ltd, a San Francisco-based consulting firm hired Prime Fitness Management to start on-site mandatory wellness programs for its employees. Employees at large were reluctant and considered this to be intrusive. However, fearing penalties, employees began participating in the program. Tim, an obese Senior Consultant who had been with the company for the past four years, came under huge pressure. He suffered from high blood pressure and cholesterol problems. Lately his medical compensation claims had started rising and frequent absenteeism was also being brought to his notice time and again. However, his obesity never affected his work. He had been a good consistent worker. With this new health drive life for Tim got harder. His participation in the wellness program did not help. Three months had passed and he had shown close to no improvement. The consistent nagging from his health coach and stress to reduce weight began affecting his morale. Mike, HR head of his company told Tim that he was being penalized for not meeting medical screening requirements. His employee health insurance deductible was raised from $500 to $1250. One of Tim's colleagues was rewarded with a $2500 cash prize, Tim felt disheartened, feeling that the company was not being fair to him. The pedagogical objectives are: (1) to analyse ethical issues involved in tackling workplace obesity; (2) to analyse ethical implications involved in changing employees' lifestyles by using incentives and penalties; and (3) to understand the role of both management and employees in making corporate wellness programs successful.
Download or read book Cracking Health Costs written by Tom Emerick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cracking Health Costs reveals the best ways for companies and small businesses to fight back, right now, against rising health care costs. This book proposes multiple, practical steps that you can take to control costs and increase the effectiveness of the health benefit. The book is all about rolling back health care costs to save companies and employees money. Working hand-in-hand with their employees, businesses need to ensure that, whenever feasible, employees with the most expensive diagnoses get optimal treatment at hospitals not practicing “volume-driven” medicine for higher profits. Less than 10% of employees incur 80% of costs. About 20% of patients have been completely misdiagnosed, while many others are simply the victims of surgeons who are either practicing bad medicine or overtreating for profit. For example, some companies, such as Walmart and Lowe’s, are turning to the “Centers of Excellence” approach author Tom Emerick helped to pioneer while running benefits for Walmart. By determining which hospitals are adopting the highest standards of care, benefits managers can reduce the number of unnecessary high-cost surgeries and improve employees’ overall health. The solution-based approach offered by the book is unique, because it can be implemented by businesses today.
Download or read book Weighing the Options written by Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly one out of every three adults in America is obese and tens of millions of people in the United States are dieting at any one time. This has resulted in a weight-loss industry worth billions of dollars a year and growing. What are the long-term results of weight-loss programs? How can people sort through the many programs available and select one that is right for them? Weighing the Options strives to answer these questions. Despite widespread public concern about weight, few studies have examined the long-term results of weight-loss programs. One reason that evaluating obesity management is difficult is that no other treatment depends so much on an individual's own initiative and state of mind. Now, a distinguished group of experts assembled by the Institute of Medicine addresses this compelling issue. Weighing the Options presents criteria for evaluating treatment programs for obesity and explores what these criteria mean--to health care providers, program designers, researchers, and even overweight people seeking help. In presenting its criteria the authors offer a wealth of information about weight loss: how obesity is on the rise, what types of weight-loss programs are available, how to define obesity, how well we maintain weight loss, and what approaches and practices appear to be most successful. Information about weight-loss programs--their clients, staff qualifications, services, and success rates--necessary to make wise program choices is discussed in detail. The book examines how client demographics and characteristics--including health status, knowledge of weight-loss issues, and attitude toward weight and body image--affect which programs clients choose, how successful they are likely to be with their choices, and what this means for outcome measurement. Short- and long-term safety consequences of weight loss are discussed as well as clinical assessment of individual patients. The authors document the health risks of being overweight, summarizing data indicating that even a small weight loss reduces the risk of disease and depression and increases self-esteem. At the same time, weight loss has been associated with some poor outcomes, and the book discusses the implications for program evaluation. Prevention can be even more important than treatment. In Weighing the Options, programs for population groups, efforts targeted to specific groups at high risk for obesity, and prevention of further weight gain in obese individuals get special attention. This book provides detailed guidance on how the weight-loss industry can improve its programs to help people be more successful at long-term weight loss. And it provides consumers with tips on selecting a program that will improve their chances of permanently losing excess weight.
Download or read book Fit4Life LLC Corporate Wellness Fitness and Nutrition Services written by Irina Obenauer and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Over one-third (78.6 millions) of U.S. adults are obese. Weight management in the typical health care practice is inadequate with fewer than half of primary care physicians consistently providing guidance on diet, physical activity, or weight control. Because 60 percent of Americans get their health insurance through their jobs, employers often bear the bulk of the obesity costs, but are also well-positioned to implement effective lifestyle interventions. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 included provisions for the incentives and penalties employers and health plans can impose on employees health insurance premiums based on the participation and goal completion in wellness programs giving a major boost to a now rapidly-growing multi-billion dollar workplace wellness industry. Fit4Life, LLC intends to offer on-site wellness, fitness, and nutritional services to medium- to large-size employers with fitness facilities in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. The company unique combination of fitness, nutritional, and medical expertise rarely offered by other providers in the Los Angeles area and the convenience of the on-site service model, paired with low start-up and overhead costs are the major strengths likely to contribute to Fit4Life, LLC success.
Download or read book Employer based Wellness Programs written by Ricky D. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health and wellness of employees is of strategic importance for healthcare organizations to achieve leadership in the current world of accountable care and health reform. This study sought to discover whether an organizational program, focused on health promotion and wellness for employees, has a value to the organization. This quantitative evaluation study examines the key success variables of a wellness program implemented at a medical facility in the United States by examining the medical costs incurred among 525 participants and non-participants of the facility sponsored fitness and wellness program known as Full Engagement Training (FET). The research questions allowed the dependent variables to include (a) allowed costs, (b) paid costs, and (c) direct paid costs. Using the descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, the study addresses the impact of participation the Full Engagement Training wellness program on medical costs for employees. The results of the study provide valuation evidence concerning teaching employees how to change their health outcomes through lifestyle change that drives the success of an organizational wellness program.
Download or read book ACSM s Worksite Health Handbook written by American College of Sports Medicine and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encouraging and maintaining a healthy workforce have become key components in the challege to reduce health care expenditures and health-related productivity losses. As companies more fully realize the impact of healthy workers on the financial health of their organization, health promotion professionals seek support to design and implement interventions that generate improvements in workers' health and business performance. The second edition of ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies connects worksite health research and practice to offer health promotion professionals the information, ideas, and approaches to provide affordable, scalable, and sustainable solutions for the organizations they serve. Thoroughly updated with the latest research and expanded to better support the business case for worksite programs, the second edition of ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook includes the contributions of nearly 100 of the top researchers and practitioners in the field from Canada, Europe, and the United States. The book's mix of research, evidence, and practice makes it a definitive and comprehensive resource on worksite health promotion, productivity management, disease prevention, and chronic disease management. ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook, Second Edition, has the following features: -An overview of contextual issues, including a history of the field, the current state of the field, legal perspectives, and the role of health policy in worksite programs -A review of the effectiveness of strategies in worksite settings, including economic impact, best practices, and the health–productivity relationship -Information on assessment, measurement, and evaluation, including health and productivity assessment tools, the economic returns of health improvement programs, and appropriate use of claims-based analysis and planning -A thorough discussion of program design and implementation, including the application of behavior change theory, new ways of using data to engage participants, use of technology and social networks to improve effectiveness, and key features of best-practice programs -An examination of various strategies for encouraging employee involvement, such as incorporating online communities and e-health, providing incentives, using medical self-care programs, making changes to the built environment, and tying in wellness with health and safety The book includes a chapter that covers the implementation process step by step so that you can see how all of the components fit together in the creation of a complete program. You'll also find four in-depth case studies that offer innovative perspectives on implementing programs in a variety of work settings. Each case study includes a profile of the company, a description of the program and the program goals, information on the population being served, the results of the program, and a summary or discussion of the program. Throughout the book you'll find practical ideas, approaches, and solutions for implementation as well as examples of best practices and successful programs that will support your efforts in creating interventions that improve both workers' health and business performance. The book is endorsed by the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion, a new ACSM affiliate society. Deepen your understanding of the key issues and challenges within worksite health promotion and find the most current research and practice-based information and approaches inside ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook: A Guide to Building Healthy and Productive Companies, Second Edition. The e-book for ACSM's Worksite Health Handbook, Second Edition, is available at a reduced price. It allows you to highlight, take notes, and easily use all the material in the book in seconds. The e-book is delivered through Adobe Digital Editions® and when purchased through the Human Kinetics site, access to the content is immediately granted when your order is received. 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Download or read book Fundamentals of Human Resource Management written by Susan L. Verhulst and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once upon a time, companies had Personnel Departments. They hired people, handled benefits, gave out awards for service, trained new employees and planned company functions. Over time, the business environment and workplace grew more complex, and the Personnel Department evolved into the Human Resources Department (HR) with an ever-increasing amount of responsibility"--
Download or read book Navigating Wellness written by Johnette van Eeden and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-25 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive, trend-setting guide to corporate wellness The U.S. workforce continues to be unhealthy and insurance premiums continue to rise year after year. This statement has been received loud and clear and now corporations, especially large ones, are stepping up to the plate and providing wellness initiatives to benefit their employees. The reality is that a well-designed wellness program can go a long way in creating a healthier and more productive workforce, while reducing claim costs. Once claims are reduced, premiums reduce as well. The scale of most programs is expanding exponentially as human resource managers and C-suite executives recognize that people are their most precious commodity and asset. With this expansion from a first aid kit and worker safety practices to onsite fitness centers, immunizations, and screening for major diseases, corporations are setting the bar high. As a result, employees are healthier, happier, more productive, and tend to stay in their jobs longer. It's a win-win for everyone. And it's a direct positive return on investment for the corporate bottom line. This timely book is about the trend toward comprehensive workplace wellness programs. When properly structured and implemented, these initiatives have a huge positive impact on employee health and a major reduction in the cost of medical claims. Human resource directors and benefits managers are taking note, as this new reality is vital for the health of employees as well as the financial health of the companies for which they work. Corporate wellness programs consistently result in healthier employee populations. And more often than not, these programs more than pay for themselves. The relevance of this book is inescapable. With health costs soaring, the more an incidence of disease can be avoided or minimized, the more productive the workforce, the happier the employees, and the greater a company's cost savings. All this leads to an impressive return on investment (ROI) for corporate wellness. Biometric numbers for employees are measurable, as are the cost savings for companies that implement wellness programs. While the numbers play an important part, benefits go way beyond monetary savings to increased goodwill and workplace satisfaction. This book reveals the importance of corporate wellness in worksites, and also provides information for employees about their part in the process-through awareness, knowledge, education, and incremental lifestyle modifications, employees hold the keys to their own and their companies' well-being. The message must reach upper management too, as executive engagement is essential for the success of corporate wellness programs. Without support from those at the top, most employees will not feel like the program is important. But if the CEO is out walking with employees and counting steps, or personally handing out rewards and incentives to those who reach goals and milestones, employees become more engaged. This book is indispensable for those in leadership positions, managers, and others looking to improve the experience of the places we spend the majority of our waking hours-our jobs, our careers, our workplace communities.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Human Resource Management written by Robert N. Lussier and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, and Skill Development, Third Edition helps students of all majors build the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop people. Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today′s organizations. A wide variety of applications, online self-assessments, and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevancy of HR as they learn skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. The Third Edition includes 13 new case studies and new coverage of virtual and flexible work resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-lasting effects the pandemic has had on women in the workforce, artificial intelligence use within HR, and diversity and inclusion.
Download or read book The Surgeon General s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010 written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 2001 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, warned of the negative effects of the increasing weight of American citizens and outlined a public health response to reverse the trend. The Surgeon General plans to strengthen and expand this blueprint for action created by her predecessor. Although the country has made some strides since 2001, the prevalence of obesity, obesity-related diseases, and premature death remains too high.
Download or read book Obesity written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2000 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report issues a call for urgent action to combat the growing epidemic of obesity, which now affects developing and industrialized countries alike. Adopting a public health approach, the report responds to both the enormity of health problems associated with obesity and the notorious difficulty of treating this complex, multifactorial disease. With these problems in mind, the report aims to help policy-makers introduce strategies for prevention and management that have the greatest chance of success. The importance of prevention as the most sensible strategy in developing countries, where obesity coexists with undernutrition, is repeatedly emphasized. Recommended lines of action, which reflect the consensus reached by 25 leading authorities, are based on a critical review of current scientific knowledge about the causes of obesity in both individuals and populations. While all causes are considered, major attention is given to behavioural and societal changes that have increased the energy density of diets, overwhelmed sophisticated regulatory systems that control appetite and maintain energy balance, and reduced physical activity. Specific topics discussed range from the importance of fat content in the food supply as a cause of population-wide obesity, through misconceptions about obesity held by both the medical profession and the public, to strategies for dealing with the alarming prevalence of obesity in children. "... the volume is clearly written, and carries a wealth of summary information that is likely to be invaluable for anyone interested in the public health aspects of obesity and fatness, be they students, practitioner or researcher." - Journal of Biosocial Science
Download or read book Diploma in Human Resource Management Practice City of London College of Economics 12 months 100 online self paced written by City of London College of Economics and published by City of London College of Economics. This book was released on with total page 1751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview In this diploma course you will deal with all aspects of Human Resource Management Practice. Content - Human Resource Management - Human Resource Processes - Work and Employment - Organizational Behaviour - Organization Design and Development - People Resourcing - Performance Management - Learning and Development - Rewarding People - Employee Relations - Health, Safety and Employee Well-being - HR Policies, Procedures and Systems - Example of Employee Engagement and Commitment Survey - Example of Performance Management Survey - Example of Reward Survey - Learning and Development Activities and Methods Duration 12 months Assessment The assessment will take place on the basis of one assignment at the end of the course. Tell us when youfeel ready to take the exam and we’ll send you the assign- ment questions. Study material The study material will be provided in separate files by email / download link.
