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Apparently, teleworkers were more exhausted and most likely to feel conflicted about work and family responsibilities. Well, duh! That’s not the fault of telework; that’s just called parenting.

A research study showed that overweight teen girls who exercised continued to drink soda daily, and many of the overweight boys didn’t exercise at all, in favor of playing video games. I’m no scientist, but it seems to me there’s a work-ethic problem that's derailing their weight-loss progress.

Even though today’s Great American Smokeout (Nov. 17) might seem like a day that’s just sandwiched between Halloween and Thanksgiving, it can be more than that. It can be a day — maybe the day — that someone in your workplace knows better and decides to do better.

The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program is part of the national Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance, which brings together community cornerstones like the Y, health insurers, retail pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, federal agencies and national nonprofit groups to increase awareness and education about diabetes, as well as increase treatment compliance for those with the disease.

Lots to do today to put the finishing touches on EBN December. But I didn't want to leave you without a blog post, so saving my bacon is former EBN contributor Karrie Andes. Today, she's writing on two topics that never run short on blogworthy material: Form 5500 and the IRS. Enjoy, and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments. --K.M.B.

New survey results from AllianceBernstein show that retirement plan participants have a “high” understanding of target-date funds. However, the bar for understanding is set pretty low.

A startup company in South Carolina has launched a bold recruiting and retention strategy: It offers $50,000 bonuses to full-time employees who stay with the company for five years. Stay for 25 years and employees get a $250,000 jackpot.

According to an annual study by Mercer and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, the United States retirement-income system has ranked 10th for two years running. The researchers offered five ways that the U.S. system could rise beyond its 10th-place rating on the index.

Ten years ago, talk of the cloud was confined to weather reports, or when you played that game where you point at clouds and name what objects they look like. Now, cloud technology is helping us with everything from increased data security to managing and delivering benefits.

It doesn’t seem like that long ago that folks were screaming and tossing chairs at each other in protest of health care reform proposals. But consumers either have come a long way since or have short memories, as a recent Mercer survey reports that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is being viewed more positively.