Healthy Weight Loss
Obesity
America's greatest public health issue is obesity. In fact, around 68 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese and one third of adult Americans never engage in any physical activity. Obesity is a major contributor to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, musculoskeletal disorders, hypertension, cancer and low self-esteem leading to depression. Working days lost to obesity are increasing every year. One study estimated that every severely obese worker costs the economy $1,627 per year as a result of absenteeism. In 2008, lost productivity and medical costs associated with overweight and obesity in U.S. adults totaled $147 billion. Now however, there's a corporate benefit that could make a real difference to reducing obesity in the workplace.
Today's workplace environment promotes sedentary lifestyles with many people working long hours seated in front of computers and employees taking more sick days due to weight-related illnesses. American businesses are now offering Slimming World membership to employees as part of an overall benefits package intended to help reduce obesity by promoting a healthier lifestyle and enhancing wellbeing right in the workplace. This proven program has a real advantage for companies: Slimming World's weight loss program can raise employee retention, increase productivity, reduce absenteeism, attract new employees and ultimately boost the bottom line.
David Ogden
CEO TheInterBiz LLC
Phone 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST
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