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This
page last updated:
January 27, 2011
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WHERE
TO BEGIN?
Steps
for starting a worksite wellness program |
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PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
 Fruit
& Snack Bowl
Support and encourage healthy food choices by providing a source
of healthy snacks at your worksite.
Wellness
Committee Works
Wondering what a wellness committee does? Be a “fly on the
wall” and read the minutes of meetings held at a local worksite.
New:
Healthy
Meeting Guidelines
from the NYS Health Dept. Download
PDF (91KB)
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NEWS
Search
for legislation about nutrition and/or PA.
The CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical
Activity (DNPA) is pleased to announce the
launch of the state legislation searchable
database. The database allows users to search
for state bills from 2001 to present related
to nutrition and/or physical activity. Users
can use search fields, enter keywords, or
search the entire database. This database
is available to the general public and no
registration or password is required. This
database was created after requests from state
partners and is the first public access database
of its kind. Please visit the database at:
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPALeg/
It can also be accessed on the DNPA home page,
Nutrition home, Physical Activity Home and
5 A Day Coordinators sections.
Obesity
affects close to 1/3 of US adults
According to 2000 data, 31 percent of adults 20 years of age and
over -- nearly 59 million people -- are classified as obese, compared
to 23 percent in 1994. See Obesity
on the rise.
Mediterranean
diet favored for sustained weight-loss in a Harvard study
Click
here for more news and press releases
about nutrition and physical activity |
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Incentive Programs
Why
include one as part of your worksite wellness program?
Will
your physical activity program work?
One of the objectives included
by many of our HHW worksites describes a physical activity program
based on personal goal
setting. A new report from the CDC tags just this kind of program
as being among the most highly
recommended ways to promote physical activity. > Background
page > More
detail page |
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Physical
Activity Cuts Medical Costs
"The potential savings if all inactive American adults became
physically active could be $29.2 billion in 1987 dollars, or $76.6
billion in 2000 dollars," according to the CDC. >>full
article
What's
a healthy snack?
Is it healthy or hype? Here are some guides to helping you make better
choices.
Meet what you eat Finding your way around the Nutrition Facts
label.
What
is Healthy Eating?
Is a donut unhealthy? Maybe not, if your total fat intake
is less than the recommendations.
The
high cost of obesity
A newly released RAND study shows that health care and Rx costs of
obesity are greater than smoking or problem drinking. The health
risk status of obesity equals the effects of aging from 30 to 50
years old. Full (3/12/02)
press release»»
Health
problems resulting from overweight and obesity...
could reverse many of the health gains achieved in the US in recent
decades, according to a Surgeon General's "call to action" issued
in December 2001.
The
importance of "Readiness to Change"
One of the keys to a successful program aimed at behavioral change
is recognizing that not everyone is equally ready to change.
Sometimes you might even push people away by failing to plan for
this variable. (Ever know someone who, the more you push 'em the
slower they go?)
Become familiar with the Stages
of Change theory before you plan your promotion! |
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 "SIGNS
of a Well Working Business"
Respond
to the newspaper ad campaign about worksite wellness.
Wellness Starter
Kit for worksites. |
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Ask a question.
Answer a question.
Share what's worked and what hasn't.
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This Web site was originally
established for those participating in the Healthy Heart Worksite
Wellness Project (HHW), conducted by the Health Promotion Program,
Tompkins County Health Department.
The Tompkins County Health Department
is one of 21 agencies contracted state-wide by the New York
State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Healthy Heart Program,
to carry out the Worksite Wellness Program. Funding is also
provided, in part, by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
For more about this web site, click
here.
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