A recent survey finds nearly 42% of corporations with 200 or fewer personnel have some sort of disease management (DM) program.
That’s a enormous increase from four years ago, when just 28 percent of smaller businesss offered such health promotion programs.
There’s more to come, too. Fifteen percent of respondents that didn’t currently have a disease management [...]

Thinking about an obesity-related disease management program for your corporation? Here’s what you need to know.
In order to be effective, the wellness program must meet participants’ individual medical and psychological needs, not to mention your own organization’s need to control long-term medical costs.
How wide-reaching should the program be? After all, it doesn’t make sense to [...]

Develop a culture of wellness within your company
Create Exemplary Management Support
In the most successful Health Promotion Programs, senior managers lead their companies by example.  And they work to ensure that the senior level management structure not only allows, but actively encourages their staff to participate.
Organize a Health Promotion Advisory Team
Wellness committees serve as the eyes, [...]

Studies show that untargeted health-promotion campaigns have little long-term impact.
Chronic diseases, which rob person and families of their health and happiness, represent major costs to employers in the form of healthcare and disability costs, lost productivity, and absenteeism.
Health Promotion Programs should address risky behaviors that can help your staff eat healthier, increase their level of [...]