If your companys wellness program dividends dont include significant employee weight loss, youre not alone. Companies with wellness programs are doing their employees and their organizations in general a huge favor, but wellness programs alone arent capable of helping reduce obesity.
Why? The short-term motivators and health advice typical of wellness programs provide general benefits across an employee population, but people needing sustained weight loss require concentrated behavior change assistance specific to their condition. Scientific observations show that comprehensive, evidence-based programs that focus on small, obesity-related changes over longer periods of time are the surest path to greater and more sustainable weight loss compared to generalized wellness activities. The best of these programs address the common cognitive, emotional and biological barriers to most peoples weight loss efforts.
