More Than 65,000 U.S. Employees Prove Social Connections Drive Healthy Behaviors During June's National Employee Wellness Mon...
16 Luglio 2012 - 5:31PM
Marketwired
Social relationships play a tremendous role in our health. And
employees agree. According to a survey released in June by Virgin
HealthMiles, 56% of employees agree that peers provide motivation
and helpful support with health improvement efforts. And 55% agree
that sharing information about progress with peers helps them
remain accountable for their success. During June's 4th annual
National Employee Wellness Month, more than 65,000 employees
representing leading U.S. companies brought those data points to
life. These employees motivated each other and spurred one another
on during the annual three-week physical activity-based challenge.
Together, these employees took more than 12 billion total steps --
the equivalent of 6 million miles or 750 times the distance
traveled by the 2012 Summer Olympics torch on its way to London.
National Employee Wellness Month has proven to be a key U.S.
initiative that provides business leaders with fresh ideas and
proven strategies around prevention and good health. It offers a
hands-on look at how supportive social communities like the
workplace can improve employee health and productivity, lower
healthcare costs, and help organizations create a positive culture
of health. This year, more than 140 organizations including Fortune
500 companies like Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, MeadWestvaco,
Norfolk Southern, PVH Corp. and SunTrust lent their support to
National Employee Wellness Month. Created in 2009 by Virgin
HealthMiles in partnership with the Strategies to Overcome and
Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, this year's initiative was also
sponsored by the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and
WorldatWork.
"This year's National Employee Wellness Month supporters and
participants truly came together and promoted a culture of good
health," commented Chris Boyce, CEO of Virgin HealthMiles. "By
emphasizing prevention and healthy lifestyles, companies have the
power to curb rising healthcare costs and create healthier, more
productive workforces. We congratulate all the organizations and
their employees who participated in this year's initiative. And to
AGCO and Fyda Freightliner: well done! You're leading by example
and showing just how important the workplace is in helping people
change and sustain healthy behaviors."
About the Challenge Winners:
Minnesota-based AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a
global leader focused on the design, manufacture and distribution
of agricultural machinery, topped the leaderboard in this year's
"Health Stars" division. And for the fourth consecutive year, Ohio
and Pennsylvania-based freightliner dealership, Fyda Freightliner,
came out atop the "Wellness Warrior" division. To celebrate these
first place finishes, Virgin HealthMiles will award each company a
$1,000 donation to the charity of their choice.
AGCO employees averaged 10,792 steps, or more than five miles,
per participant per day during the three-week challenge. "Having
motivated and productive employees is a corporate priority," said
Lucinda Smith - SVP, Human Resources at AGCO. "Thanks to our health
program, our employees are losing weight, lowering their blood
pressure and having other health successes. Everyone was excited
about the National Employee Wellness Month challenge and wanted to
win. We had some stiff competition from other companies in our
division, but we saw a lot of social activity from our employees,
encouraging each other to keep moving."
Fyda Freightliner employees averaged 12,143 steps, or more than
six miles, per participant per day. "It's critical for us to
contain healthcare costs, so we've stepped up our corporate
wellness strategies for the past five years," said Patty DePaola,
controller of Fyda Freightliner. "Participating in National
Employee Wellness Month keeps wellness top of mind for everyone and
motivates our employees to do a bit more than they might have
otherwise. And because the competition is social, you're not only
pushing for yourself, you're doing it for your co-workers,
too."
To see the top ten teams in each division of the 2012 National
Employee Wellness Month Challenge, visit:
http://www.nationalemployeewellnessmonth.com/the-challenge/.
About Virgin HealthMiles Virgin
HealthMiles, part of Sir Richard Branson's famed Virgin Group,
provides programs and technologies that engage your workforce in
good health. Leveraging Virgin's deep consumer roots, we create
compelling, personalized digital health experiences that drive
long-term healthy behavior change and employee engagement rates
more than three times the industry average. Our range of
Pay-for-Prevention™ solutions and program integration capabilities:
drive higher awareness and engagement across multiple providers and
programs; deliver better measurement and insight into the impact of
your investments; and power your overall employee health strategy.
Our easy-to-deploy and manage solutions feature a rich array of
proven behavior change strategies, including: game mechanics,
financial incentives, social networking, and many more. Over 130
industry leaders representing more than 700,000 employees have
selected Virgin HealthMiles' award-winning programs for their
employees. Learn more at www.virginhealthmiles.com.
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