Wellness

Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem.

The wellness business is hot, and Uncle Sam wants in.

With todays pricey health care, more emphasis is being placed on wellness programs in an effort to improve health and reduce costs. While wellness programs have proven to do just that, employers should not simply implement a one-size-fits-all mentality, says Cathy Tripp, managing consultant at Aon Hewitt. Instead, wellness programs...

In an effort to help employers improve the health of their employees and dependents, the Midwest Business Group on Health is introducing a series of recommendations that are aimed to encourage better design structure, communication and delivery of benefits, wellness incentives and health management activities.

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Ninety percent of employers offer wellness programs and are finding ways to encourage employee participation in an effort to control health care costs, finds the Advertising Specialty Institute.

More than 20 percent of American adults took at least one drug for conditions like anxiety and depression in 2010, according to an analysis of prescription data, including more than one in four women.

Some might think it would be cost-prohibitive for employers to offer financial wellness programs to employees, but data by Financial Finesse Inc. shows that these programs can only help employers bottom lines.