Education
Besiada promotes knowledge and education which empowers individuals to make well informed decisions about their health. To continually motivate active participation of your population, we provide monthly programs related to the topics which were identified in your Executive Aggregate Report.
Some of the topics covered are:
- Weight Control and Nutrition
- Fitness
- Stress management
- Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Smoking
Educational programs are customized to meet your company, your worker and their family’s needs and schedules. Through continual reinforcement and motivation, health will improve providing savings for both company and employee.
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Fiscally Fit...Helping Employees Embrace Financial Wellness |
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U.S. employees are in a serious financial bind. Mortgage problems, rising gas prices, increases in the cost of food and increasing health care costs are all putting the financial squeeze on the working men and women of this country. And with this unrelenting financial pressure comes the inevitable toll it will exact on personal health status. In this special WELCOA Report, we'll tackle the issue of financial wellness and provide practical solutions that can help employees to manage the stress of trying to make ends meet. | |
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A New Tool To Help You Calculate Your Wellness ROI |
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For years, calculating the return-on-investment of your wellness program has been difficult — if not impossible. Those days are officially over. Dr's Steve Aldana and Troy Adams have built and released a new tool that will be of great value to wellness practitioners throughout the country — and best of all, it's free.
This new ROI tool is a must-see for anyone who is serious about calculating return-on-investment. |
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Kids, Eating, Weight & Health |
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It would be difficult to overstate the urgency that the U.S. Government and health officials have placed on the dangers posed by obesity. In this article, Dr. Jon Robison critically examines the premises on which the childhood obesity crisis is built and documents the lack of efficacy associated with the current approaches.
To assist practitioners, he presents alternative approaches for parents, teachers, and communities that will help children without harming them. |
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The Power of Prevention |
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The CDC reports that chronic diseases caused from lifestyle will exact a devastating toll on the American population in the coming years. However, according to the CDC, “although chronic diseases are among the most common and costly of health problems, they are also among the most preventable.”
Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. |
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What's a Healthy Employee Worth...Expert Reveals Important Insights. |
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Lost productivity is enormously expensive—and business leaders know it. But actually calculating its cost can be an exercise in frustration. How is this hidden heavy affecting your organization, and what are you doing about it? In this article, Dr. Wendy Lynch, one of the most noted producitivty experts in the country, provides important insights on this pressing issue. |
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| Addressing Tobacco Use at the Workplace | ||
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Tobacco use remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Indeed, some 450,000 people will die this year due to tobacco-related illnesses. What’s more, 50,000 people die each year from secondhand smoke-related diseases. If left unchecked, by the year 2020, tobacco is projected to kill about 10 million people a year worldwide. This issue of Absolute Advantage is dedicated to addressing tobacco use at the workplace. |
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| How to Build Your Wellness Budget | ||
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For years there was talk about doing health promotion programs at no cost to the company. Ask yourself if there are other departments in the company that operate on no budget. The answer is no. At the very least, budgets in some departments include staff, travel, and some discretionary money. So why don't wellness programs have bigger budgets? Great Question! | |
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Employers can reinforce good employee health by sponsoring healthy lifestyle contests and campaigns. These encourage such behavior as smoking cessation, healthy eating, and weight loss — with the support and discipline of an organized event. | |