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Worksite Wellness Programs
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Today, more than 81% of
American businesses with 50 or more employees have some form of
health promotion program – the most popular being exercise, smoking
cessation classes, back care programs, and stress management. Most
employers offer wellness programs simply because the benefits exceed
the costs. Nonetheless, business leaders continue to seek means to
control huge annual increases in health insurance premiums and
healthcare costs.
For many companies, medical costs can consume half or more of
corporate profits. Some employers resort to cost sharing, cost
shifting, managed care plans, risk-rating, and cash-based
incentives; however, these methods merely shift costs. Only worksite
health promotion stands out as the long-term answer for keeping
employees well right from the start.. |
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Health Screenings
Be Your Best offers a variety of general health screenings such
as:
Total Cholesterol, HDL, glucose, bone density, blood pressure, and
skin cancer screening.
Others include: Body composition (lean mass vs. non lean mass),
fitness assessment (includes cardiovascular condition assessment,
upper body & lower body strength assessments and core ability
assessment) and personal health risk assessment.
Health Topics/Bulletin
Boards
Be Your Best currently creates monthly and quarterly health
topic posters, handouts and healthy recipes. We are happy to provide
health articles and recipes as needed.
Massage, Reiki, reflexology, meditation and aromatherapy services
also available with certified staff.
Health Oriented
Presentations
Be Your Best Health Promotion Services offers a variety of health
oriented presentations including:
8 Weeks to Awesome Health: This eight-week program has participants
look at all aspects of their personal health and provides weekly
exercises to improve them. Healthy hydration, sufficient sleep,
eating breakfast, making time for the self, positive thinking, kind
acts for others are just a few of the topics explored. This program
could be presented as a 6-week program if needed.
Making Time For You & Your Health: This presentation is meant to
give participants the initiative needed to begin making personal
health a priority. How to fit exercise into your hectic day, how to
plan healthy meals, personal health risk assessment and the
importance of keeping up with yearly physicals and health
screenings.
Managing Stress: Learn how to manage your time and personal level of
stress. This presentation reviews various sources of stress and
presents strategies to better manage them. Biodots are used with
this presentation.
Managing Holiday Stress: The holidays can be a very stressful time
of the year. Learn how to better manage the things that create
personal stress so the holiday can be enjoyed.
Relaxation Techniques: Explore a variety of relaxation techniques
that will help you to relax and better manage personal stress.
Fitness Programs
Be Your Best offers a variety of health enhancing programs with
certified instructors such as:
Group Classes: Such as aerobic conditioning (step, kickboxing,
hi/low, low impact), strength conditioning, group walking, yoga,
pilates, and dance.
Self-Paced Programs: include walking, aerobic and strength
conditioning for individual participants. These programs can be
facilitated easily and are often made more fun with promotional
prizes for participants such as gift certificates, fruit baskets, or
health and fitness related items.
Fitness 101: You do not need to be a member of a gym to reap the
benefits of being active. This program will review ways to increase
physical activity that will enhance personal health and well-being.
Strength Training 101: This program introduces the basics of
strength conditioning while promoting muscle balance within the
body. This program can be presented using free weights or resistance
tubing.
Advanced Strength Training: This program adds to the intensity of
the basic program. For the avid, more advanced participant.
Making Fitness Fun: This program explores fun and interesting ways
to get the body in motion!
Family Fitness: Healthy lifestyle habits are instilled in the
younger years of our lives. This program teaches habits that will
keep the whole family active and having fun!
Spine Stabilization/Core Stability: Low back pain is familiar to far
to many of us. This program teaches how to better manage your body
to control discomfort from back pain. A variety of non-traditional
exercises and stretches are presented for home use.
Nutrition/Weight
Management Programs
Be Your Best Health Promotion Services offers a variety of
nutrition/weight management programs with a certified Nutrition
Specialist including:
Healthy Menu Offering: Reward employees with a healthy breakfast,
luncheon or dinner event! Be Your Best will work with you to plan a
menu offering that is sure to entice your employees to participate
in a healthy food event!
Managing A Healthy Body Weight: This is an eight week program set up
to review current health habits, risk assessment with current
habits, food tracking and portion control, managing “self talk” and
creating new tapes, the importance of physical activity, realistic
goal setting and creating a contract with “self” to maintain healthy
lifestyle habits. Each participant is weighed in, body composition
measured, at the beginning and the end of the session. A variety of
healthy recipes and food samplings are included.
This course can be condensed into a 6-week format if needed.
Eat Your Colors: This is a wonderful self-paced program that
encourages eating more fruits and vegetables. There are simple
challenges for the participant to try, recipes and suggestions on
how to introduce seasonal items into the daily diet. Food samples
provided.
Nutrition 101: This program helps participants to understand what
our bodies need on a daily basis from our diet Healthy hydration,
fuel for energy and the roles of important vitamins & nutrients are
also reviewed. Food samples provided.
Starting Your Day The Healthy Way: This presentation reviews the
importance of starting the day with breakfast. Healthy food choices
to jump-start the day, in a healthy way! Food samples provided.
Quick & Healthy Smoothies: Explore what wonderful creations you can
make with a blender! Healthy smoothie recipes and samples provided.
Quick & Healthy Lunch: Taking the time to prepare lunch ensures
healthier eating. Tips on healthy food choices and how to prepare
them for travel consumption! Food samples provided.
Eating On The GO: With the crazy schedules many of us keep, it is
important to know where you can stop for healthy food when on the
run. Food samples provided.
Portion Distortion: This program explores the evolution of the
“portion”. This is an interactive program that focuses on what truly
is an adequate portion these days! Food samples provided.
Meal Planning: Take some time to plan what the meals for this week
will be. Along with the meal planning, prepare your shopping list!
Making this effort ensures healthy foods are ready for you to
consume.
Healthy Snacks For Kids: This program can be offered to adults or
kids or both! A variety of ways to make healthy foods combine in a
fun and healthy way for kids!
Eating Whole Grain: What does whole grain mean? What foods are
considered whole in grain? This program orients participants on how
to include healthy whole grains in to the daily diet.
Healthy Grilled Meals: Summer is a wonderful time to indulge in
being outside and enjoying the grill. Participants will learn about
how to grill food healthfully and include seasonal vegetables.
Managing A Healthy Holiday: Do the holidays tend to lead to
increased stress and body weight? Simple tips and strategies are
presented for taking care of yourself during the holidays.
Shopping Cart Strategies: Do you know how to efficiently shop for
groceries and are you making healthy food choices and trying new
foods regularly? This program will teach participants how to read
labels, plan meals on the go and prepare for healthy meals. A our of
the local grocery store can be easily be included.
Please contact us to
discuss your ideas
for any program which is not listed above.
We are very flexible, creative, and determined to meet
your company’s workforce wellness needs! |
