Online Health and Fitness Education System Key to Containing Employee Healthcare Costs
PRLog (Press Release) –
Jun 17, 2009 – Irvine, Calif.—Faced with salary freezes, layoffs and rising healthcare premiums, National Services Group (NSG) found a proactive way to improve both employee well being and the corporate bottom line—a new online health education program for employees.
To help offset the cutbacks and boost the productivity and morale of the mostly 20-something employees at NSG’s Irvine, Calif., headquarters, the company enrolled in an online health education program, WITH-U (Wellness In Total Health University). “With economic forces creating a ‘lean’ corporate environment, we wanted to create some ‘value added’ for our employees,” said NSG Chief Administrative Officer Tracy Meneses. “WITH-U offered an easy-to-use program that fit our corporate culture and was fun for employees but also offered them the opportunity to focus on and improve their personal health and fitness.”
Elected officials and policy-makers of all persuasions agree that with rising rates of obesity, obesity-related health problems and skyrocketing healthcare costs, Americans must shift priorities to embrace healthier lifestyle choices and prevention. In a speech to the American Medical Association today, Pres. Barack Obama singled out Safeway’s “Health Measures” program, which he said has helped the company cut health care costs by 13 percent and enabled workers to save more than 20 percent on their premiums. “Five of the costliest illnesses and conditions - cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, lung disease, and strokes - can be prevented. And yet only a fraction of every health care dollar goes to prevention or public health,” Obama said.
Last week, speaking in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Obama praised corporations such as Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson for implementing employee health and wellness initiatives, including online programs such as WITH-U, describing “a computerized system so you can check your progress on an ongoing basis, just by logging on through the company.”
Approximately half of NSG’s employees participated in WITH-U’s “5 Weeks to a Healthier You,” the first program in a planned series of four offered free to employees on a voluntary basis. Employees received online training in fitness and nutrition, then used WITH-U’s proprietary online POG (Plan Of Goals) System to set wellness goals, track exercise and healthy eating successes and receive incentives and support. Employees competed for weekly rewards of American Express gift cards and Subway gift certificates. A weekly newsletter reported on the group’s statistical successes and prize winners.
Employees who participated in the first five-week WITH-U program experienced significant health and wellness improvements.
• Employees started a walking club as a way of motivating themselves to meet their activity goals and continued the club even after the five-week program ended.
• Several employees lost significant amounts of weight during the five weeks and continue to progress.
• Employee morale, productivity and team spirit showed marked improvement.
Following an on-site fitness assessment by WITH-U’s team of certified fitness professionals, NSG employees are set to begin a second five-week session that will be focused on core strength.
For more information about WITH-U, visit http://www.with-u.us.
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About WITH-U:
WITH-U, a division of outdoor training company Rough-Fit Inc. was launched in 2007 by a team of fitness professionals and wellness educators with a belief in the connection between individual fitness and healthy communities. WITH-U offers a variety of services that can be customized easily to create an effective, transformative wellness promotion campaign for any educational or corporate community. WITH-U’s web-based platform enables efficient delivery of interactive wellness education, planning, tracking and motivational to education or corporate community members wherever they are located. Our proven web-based learning delivery systems allow individuals to study at their own pace, create personalized wellness plans and incorporate positive change into their lives.
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