Health care and wellness topics appear prominently in the media today. Everywhere you turn you can read about how to live a healthier lifestyle. Sharing this information inside your company adds to the rich level of discussion. Consider placing articles about wellness, health, nutrition and the state of benefits in your business strategically where people can read and understand the impact of these important issues on your business.

Here are some ideas of how to get this news out to interested people in your company:

• Add newsletters or articles in your current in-house newsletter; be sure to focus on what is in it for employees

• Have weight loss challenges to highlight the importance of eating right and exercising

• Health fairs share information from local suppliers and health care providers

• Cholesterol testing – so people can identify problems before they get sick

• Monthly health events or messages

• Health surveys

• Health risk assessments

• Disease management programs

• Tie wellness and health issues to attendance statistics and see whether there is a relationships in your company

• Share success stories of how, and more importantly, why individuals in your business changed the way they lived and what happened to their health

• Send information home to families to get them involved

• Put articles and informative links on your Intranet

• Make this a long term process change

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