Workplace Wellness Matters » Employee Education http://workplacewellnessmatters.com Toward a healthy and productive workplace Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:34:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 National Workplace Wellness Week http://workplacewellnessmatters.com/2009/04/08/hello-world/ http://workplacewellnessmatters.com/2009/04/08/hello-world/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:04:10 +0000 admin http://www.workplacewellnessmatters.com/?p=1 Sadly, we Americans aren’t the most healthy folks on the planet.  Yet, today, National Public Health Week (NPHW) is focusing on supporting healthy employees and healthy businesses.  The idea is to give employees a better way of how to keep themselves safe and well at work.

Registered dietitians are out and about telling us what we should, and shouldn’t, be eating. The food service industry is getting updated on food code training.  So let’s pay attention to what we are putting in our mouths today.

The American Heart Association is promoting National Start! Walking Day.  The problem  for most people is it’s hard to walk and work at the same time. Or is it? We see exercise as something outside of work. Our bodies weren’t designed to sit in a cubicle all day.

The Start! initiative works with employers and the 135 million Americans in the workplace to create a culture of walking before, during or after work. It offers resources for employers to implement a walking program in the workplace and track employees’ progress in the program. Start!’s Fit-Friendly Companies program recognizes companies for meeting criteria for employee fitness. More than 1,000 US companies have been recognized for demonstrating their commitment to promoting exercise and good nutrition in the workplace.

The AHA’s heart is in the right place.   It’s a start.

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