Mar 1, 2015
The True Impact of Obesity on Your Business
Examining the Physical and Financial Costs
Nearly every aspect of a business can be affected by obesity and it is a major factor in employee safety and overall well-being.
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A Way Forward.
A voice in the changing healthcare landscape
Jun 1, 2013
New Thinking About Wellness at Work
What Motivates Employees to Change
At nearly $2 billion a year, corporate wellness is a burgeoning industry. Some large U.S. employers’ spend on wellness programming has increased by 57 percent since 2009, not including spending on incentives, which has increased by 77 percent to an average of $400 per year.
But is all this expenditure working? That’s the topic of a recent white paper authored by Christian Moreno and produced by Lockton Companies. The paper examines the following themes:
- Growth in the wellness industry
- The wellness evolution
- What’s causing the chronic disease epidemic
- How we can improve program design
Like so many industries and products in the country today, corporate wellness is evolving. It’s time to move the trend forward by pairing new thinking about incentives and penalties with emerging program designs.
Mar 1, 2013
Applying Behavioral Economics to Corporate Wellness
New Thinking About What Motivates Employees to Change
Behavioral economic theory has been applied throughout history to help “steer” consumer behavior in certain directions. Retirement savings, shopping patterns, and approaches to risk are all common examples where these theories have come into play to get people to take steps to have a positive impact on them over the long term.
These same theories of behavioral economics are applied to the nation’s healthcare system, specifically employer-subsidized insurance policies and the corporate wellness programs that are paired with these policies in an effort to contain costs.