30 Second Weigh and Win Introduction
Looking for a simple way to jump start your health routine? If you live in Colorado, look no further than Weigh and Win!
Author: Todd McGuire
Why Don’t More Employees Participate in Corporate Wellness Programs?
Employee wellness programs have been proven to benefit both the employee and employer. The participants enjoy incentives and perks for getting healthy, but many companies struggle with getting good participation numbers and don’t know why. Here are a few possible reasons for hesitation. Employees think the employer is trying to use their health information against them, [...]
52nd Colorado wellness kiosk installed in Canon City
Kaiser Permanente and incentaHEALTH have expanded the pioneering WeighAndWin.com program to southern Colorado. Two new HEALTHspot® kiosks have been installed in Cañon City. The Cañon City Daily Record has a good write up on the expansion, and what it means for Fremont County. HEALTHspot Elite Mobile Wellness Kiosk Cañon City is using incentaHEALTH's 4th generation wellness [...]
Follow the 20/20/20 Rule
Anyone who has spent time working in an office environment, staring at computer screens all day, has experienced the tell-tale headaches that come with it. Overhead lights, eye strain and bright computer monitors contribute to those hard-to-banish aches, and they can wreak havoc on your productivity. As a part of your daily commitment to being healthy, [...]
Don’t Sabotage Your Corporate Wellness Program: Part 2
When you are offering incentives to your employees to lead a healthier lifestyle through a corporate wellness program, it’s important to be mindful of the small things that can set them back and make it harder to be successful. We’re outlining a few of the changes that you can make to encourage a positive outcome and [...]
POLL: 73% of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive
The question of how and where to apply incentives to behavior change is a popular source of debate. Forbes has a good article summarizing research that shows that the majority of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive. Of those that would try, 51% indicated "I would try really hard" to lose [...]
Don’t Sabotage Your Corporate Wellness Program: Part 1
If you are one of the many companies across the nation who has adopted a corporate wellness program to encourage a healthier lifestyle and reduce health insurance costs, congratulations! You already know that a healthy employee is a happy employee, and productivity and loyalty will rise in your favor in return. But there are small things [...]
incentaHEALTH’s Community Wellness Programs Rapidly Engage the Consumer Health Market
Examining the market reach of incentaHEALTH's community wellness platform is yielding some surprising results. In the Colorado market, our Weigh and Win program (run in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente Colorado) has reached almost 2% of the statewide overweight population. For a program only 3 years old, that is a rapid adoption rate. In a similar community wellness [...]
Winners of the Winter Team Challenge achieve a 12% weight loss
Here's an inspiring story of the members of the winning team from our recent Winter Team Challenge. This team lost an impressive 12% average body weight for each member of the team! It's always great to hear from the real world people that are using our wellness platform to transform that behaviors around Healthy Eating and [...]
Weigh and Win participant loses 180 pounds since 2011
The Denver Post has a nice interview with one of our Weigh and Win participants. Carletta has lost 180 pounds through our kiosk-based community wellness program. The Weigh and Win program--the first of its kind in the country--uses patented HEALTHspot kiosks to allow participants to privately track their progress as they learn Healthy Eating and Active [...]
