Wellness

As American obesity continues to grow, more and more will qualify for weight-loss surgery, which can be effective, but might not save the health care system much money in the long run.

While nowhere near the risk of smoking or lack of exercise, high-stress, low-freedom jobs make people 23% more likely to have a heart attack.

Employees at AMSEC use Weight Watchers at Work program to lose weight

Obesity reaches record levels in every corner of the nation and affects the bottom line of virtually every organization.

The Kellogg Foundation’s Dr. Gail Christopher urges benefits professionals to help employees take advantage of their most valuable and present resource – their physical selves.

Workers as young as their twenties are getting – and using – long-term benefits, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.

Workers as young as their twenties are getting – and using – long-term benefits, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.

Health assistance provider CareCounsel has been purchased by Stanford Hospital & Clinics, which says leadership and core directive will not be changing.

Only 7% of private company CFOs say they share financial updates with their full staff, even though doing so can reduce misinformation and increase team mentality, new research indicates.

Three steps advisers can take to wellness programs to the next level by increasing participation.

National Business Group on Health survey shows employees like incentives but don’t want to pay more for not meeting health goals.

Contributing Editor Shana Sweeney profiles five tech startups that can fill gaps in current health and wellness programs.

Societal and insurance-based motivations are leading to fewer circumcisions, at a delayed price.

New Medicare and Medicaid funding uncertainties and potential for a political stalemate on health care reform could worsen revenue growth in U.S. not-for-profit health care sector.

Principal Financial’s annual evaluation of top companies in employee fiscal soundness has found a common link in wellness initiatives.

A new white paper suggests that wellness programs can lower health care and benefits costs if a strong communication strategy is in place.

If it’s okay to charge higher premiums on employer-provided health insurance to smokers or employees who refuse to take a health-risk appraisal, then why, asks guest blogger Bruce Shutan, is it wrong for the government to help us take better care of ourselves?

An employee-assistance expert who fears EAPs may be missing the mark on substance abuse assessments suggests a more holistic approach to worksite wellness.

Corporate America, take note: A new report sheds light on the national obesity epidemic’s regional trouble spots, as well as areas that are successfully battling bulging waistlines.

Employers that develop a culture of health are able to bend the cost curve, but one potentially serious impediment is an alarming national obesity epidemic that has triggered multiple co-morbidity factors that run up expenses.