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78% of employers surveyed plan to expand wellness efforts

In the latest survey conducted by the Midwest Business Group on Health, 78% of the employers surveyed indicated that it is more important than ever to keep their workers healthy and motivated to adopt healthy lifestyles. While there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the latest health care legislation, employers are in agreement that improving employee [...]

Food companies pledge to cut 1.5 trillion calories

By 2015, several of the top food makers in the U.S. have pledged to reduce calorie counts by 1.5 trillion. The most exciting part of this announcement is that they are targeting portion sizes as one of the primary ways to meet their goal. It seems that after years of portion sizes creeping upwards, we may [...]

New community bicycle program to launch in Denver

B-Cycle Bike Rentals in Denver A new community bicycle program is launching in incentaHEALTH's backyard in Denver, Colorado. The program—similar to programs running in several European cities—allows anyone to do a short-term bike rental whenever they need to get around. This is a great way to make it easy for people to integrate physical activity into [...]

incentaHEALTH Announces Online Wellness ROI Calculator for Employers

Today we are excited to announce a new tool for employers looking to quantify the reduction in health care costs that can result from a wellness program. By visiting the "Measurable Results" section of incentaHEALTH.com, employers can enter the number of employees in their company and calculate how much the incentaHEALTH Wellness Program should save in [...]

incentaHEALTH Expands Its Wellness Platform to Include the TRALE Health Risk Assessment

incentaHEALTH has expanded its wellness platform with the addition of a Health Risk Assessment (HRA). We have had many clients ask for an HRA that could be integrated into the core incentaHEALTH system. With the launch of the TRALE HRA, we can now offer our clients a seamless solution. The HRA is designed to objectively assess [...]

incentaHEALTH launches new blood pressure-enhanced wellness kiosk

Jackson National—one of incentaHEALTH's corporate customers—has just expanded its use of the incentaHEALTH program. After beginning the program at its headquarters in Lansing Michigan, Jackson National is now offering the program to its Denver employees. The Denver location is also testing out a new blood pressure addition to the HEALTHspot wellness kiosk. With this new feature, [...]

Cleveland Clinic CEO on obesity and rising health care costs

The February 18, 2010 issue of FORTUNE magazine has an insightful interview with Delos Cosgrove, the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic. In the story, Dr. Cosgrove talks at length about how our nation's growing obesity epidemic is intertwined with the national issue of escalating health care costs. When discussing ways to reduce health care costs, Dr. [...]

Obesity surpasses smoking as contributing the most to preventable disease in the U.S.

A recently concluded study by researchers at Columbia University and The City College of New York has found that being overweight is now the leading cause of preventable disease. The study—which looked at survey data from more than 3.5 million American adults over a 16 year window—found that for the first time overweight has edged out [...]

Creative ways to incorporate physical activity into your day

A goal for all corporate wellness programs is to create lasting behavior change among the program participants. One of the most challenging habits to instill is that of daily physical activity. Some people find the gym is their best bet. Others take to their neighborhood and find ways to be active by walking, running, hiking, etc. [...]

New research quantifies the impact of obesity on cancer

Researchers with the American Institute for Cancer Research have found that more than 100,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by excess body fat. It's bad enough that obesity increases an individual's chance of getting cancer, but the damage caused by obesity continues once the cancer has begun to affect the body. Obese cancer patients [...]

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