Fitbit Enters Digital Health Coaching Business
Health coaching takes personal wellness to the next level by focusing on each individual's unique states and preferences. Understanding this trend, Fitbit released Fitbit Care, a connected health platform that delivers telehealth resources as a part of its Fitbit Health Solutions segment.
Best New England Farm Shares For Healthy Employee Diets
Due to the widespread availability of junk food in workplaces, office employees have notoriously unhealthy diets, an occurrence that threatens individual health and workplace productivity. Corporate farm-sharing is here for the rescue. Here are the best CSAs in Massachusetts to help you get started!
Why And How To Improve Employee Sleep
To the combat the threat of inadequate sleep, employers and employees alike should actively work to encourage better sleeping habits. Below is a list of five simple changes that can be made throughout the workday to optimize sleep.
Group Exercise Most Impactful Exercise For Improving Mental Health
Exercise is widely known for improving physical health. It also improves mental health, as it has been shown to improve mood and even memory. A recent study determined that group exercise has the most substantial positive impact on mental health when compared to other forms of exercise.
DOL: Employees Do Not Need To Be Compensated For Time Spent On Wellness Programs
According to a DOL opinion letter, employees do not need to be compensated for time spent participating in wellness programs, since these types of activities predominantly benefit the employees. This makes sense from the legal standpoint, but does it make sense from the programming perspective?
6 Movements To Reduce Back Pain For Office Employees
Why do so many office employees experience back pain? The answer is static postures, spending most of the day hunched over, seated, and leaning to one side. Here is a mix of exercises commonly used by physical therapists and personal trainers to cure back pain in a large variety of individuals.
Sitting Correlated With Cognitive Decline
Healthy cognitive function relies on consistent blood flow, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the brain. Although this process is regulated automatically, small fluctuations do occur. A recent study explores the effects of prolonged sitting on peripheral blood flow and function.
And The Most Popular Employee Perk Is…Time
A survey of 1,227 working U.S. adults asked respondents to rank their top five popular work perks in order of preference. Three of the five most-favored perks were paid family leave, flexible/remote work options, and sabbatical leave.
Components Of An Effective Financial Wellness Program
With recent evidence highlighting the considerable effect financial hardships have on employee wellness and workplace productivity, businesses are adopting workplace health initiatives to encompass financial wellness. MetLife suggests the main components of an effective financial wellness program.