Wellness Challenges Encourage Employee Health Promotion Program Participation
Posted by Health Promotion | Posted in Employee Health Promotion | Posted on 24-10-2008
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Wellness Challenges Are Popping Up Everywhere
Wellness Challenges are definitely hot right now and they are encouraging more and more people to get healthy and live better. Whether it is a city or a school or a social group or even a whole state, competitive spirits are being ignited by the challenge to be the healthiest team. The Wellness Challenges are usually about a six months to a year in length and they are made up of several teams, these teams all get points for physical activity, selecting healthy foods, and just making better life and health choices overall.
The best part about Wellness Challenges is even though there really is only way “real” winner; everyone that participates in the challenge is a life winner.
Wellness Challenges offers reward to Get Healthy
Establishing a Wellness Challenges in your office is a great way to get employees to participate in your established Employee Health Promotion Program. Have employees form teams and receive points for everything from attending a corporate Health and Wellness Fair to getting a health risk assessment to beginning an physical activity regimen. At the end of the year, the teams will win prizes based on the number of points they have accumulated.
Wellness Challenges Enhance Corporate Health
Not only will Wellness Challenges improve the health of your employees, it will improve the overall health of the corporation by providing benefits such as reduced injuries, reduced frequency of worker’s comp, reduced health care costs, better employee attendance, and better corporate morale.
Like we said earlier, everyone is a winner in a Wellness Challenges!