Corporate Wellness
The real cost of obesity
Over 66% of American adults are overweight or obese. (Yet just 39% believe they have a problem.) Only cigarette smoking causes more preventable deaths in America than obesity. Statistics show that diets don’t work and just 5% of those on diets maintain results.
While most of us understand the connection between lifestyle choices and chronic diseases, affecting lasting change in our unhealthy behaviors is not so simple. In terms of productivity, 58 million days of work are lost because of obesity - related health issues, amounting to $5.7 billion, annually (Business and Health).
As much as 50% of healthcare expenses in the United States are due to personal lifestyle choices that cause diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol. Obesity contributes directly or indirectly to approximately 300,000 deaths each year.
Unfortunately, many Americans view a healthy lifestyle as “too hard - and too dull.”
Good health and wellness isn’t just an accident
Just as there are degrees of illness, there are degrees of wellness. Wellness doesn’t happen by accident. I can help your employees understand the factors that contribute to both wellness and illness. Classes will examine the four main components of health: rest, exercise, diet, and stress management.
Motivation for Change
Because people vary in motivation for change it has been discovered that the style of helping must match the motivation of the person. Using the Stages of Change Model, I assist employees to progress toward healthful lifestyle changes.
Classes
Corporate nutrition and stress reduction classes are structured to support your staff in making long-term lifestyle behavior changes. Class goals include:
- Raising awareness of health issues
- Encouraging individuals to gain understanding about the problem behavior
- Explaining and personalizing the risks of unhealthy behaviors
- Encouraging evaluation and change of current behaviors
- Demonstrating that changing is possible
- Providing pragmatic steps to change
Coaching
Individual coaching sessions are encouraged to move employees past hurdles and forward to taking action.
Contact us to discuss your wellness program needs.
Latest News
Specials
From Mindless to Mindful Eating!
Save 10% off your initial assessment when you register for
Basic Training
More »
Corporate Wellness
Learn about stress reduction and nutrition classes to jump start your employee wellness program.
More »
Stress Reduction Workshops
Find out how you can change your relationship to stress
More »