Custom eating

According to WebMD Diabetes Magazine, food advice tailored to your tastes could be a more effective way of maintaining a healthy diet than generic advice to each from certain broad food groups. The article cited a study where groups that got personalized diet advice maintained healthier diets than those getting general advice.

Comprehensive stretching exercises

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Employer's guide to workplace wellness

A report with advice on creating a healthy workplace.

Key points:

• "...address both the individual risk factors affecting their employees and the organizational factors that help or hinder employees’ efforts to reduce their risks."
• "...create a culture of health, intertwining individual-level health promotion efforts with the overall company goals and objectives and ensuring that both leadership and the workplace environment provide support for healthy choices."
• "Programs are also most effective when they are clearly tailored to the goals and needs of specific populations and provide sufficient opportunities for employee engagement and input."

The report advises readers on:

• "...steps to implementing programs that address common individual risk factors, including physical activity, healthy nutrition, tobacco cessation, stress management, and more."
• "...importance of and business case for targeting these risk factors before providing a step-by-step guide to planning, implementing, and assessing the program."
• "...organizational level factors such as leadership commitment and support, strategic communications, employee engagement, and more.
• "... employers who have built successful wellness programs that have benefited both their employees and their businesses, sharing their insights and recommendations for future programs."