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78 Percent of Employees Resolve to Lose Weight This Year
Published:
3/5/2008
Poll: 78 Percent of Employees Resolve to Lose Weight This Year-- 41 percent say a personal trainer would best help them reach goal; 21 percent say wellness program would do the trick
More than three-quarters of employees reported having a New Year´s resolution to lose weight, according to a nationwide Tell It NowSM poll by ComPsych Corporation. ComPsych is the world´s largest provider of employee assistance programs and worldwide leader in
GuidanceResources (EAPs, behavioral health, wellness, work-life and crisis intervention services).
Employees were asked: Do you have a New Year´s resolution to lose weight? If so, what would most help you reach your goal?
41 percent said a personal trainer/nutritionist
21 percent said a wellness program provided by my employer
11 percent said a program I pay for (such as Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, etc.)
5 percent said books or videos on diet/exercise
22 percent said I do not have a resolution to lose weight
"Employees are seeking guidance and direction in losing weight - whether it´s through a trainer or a wellness program," said Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, chairman and CEO of ComPsych. "That expertise and personal touch is what keeps individuals accountable and motivated to successfully lose the pounds. Employers must take this into account when considering or developing a wellness plan."
The study was conducted from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10, 2008, receiving responses from more than 1,000 ComPsych client companies nationwide.
ComPsych conducts regular employee surveys as part of its HealthyGuidance offering, a comprehensive and consultative wellness program that addresses the full continuum of emotional and physical health for employees and targets behavioral and lifestyle issues before they become significant illnesses.
Drawing upon ComPsych´s more than 20 years of behavioral health and wellness expertise, HealthyGuidance uses a high-touch approach that empowers employees to make healthy lifestyle changes through health risk assessments, biometric on-site testing, online tools, certified wellness coaches and tobacco cessation counselors.
About ComPsych Founded in 1984, ComPsych is the world´s largest provider of employee assistance programs (EAPs) and is the leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, wellness, work-life, crisis intervention services and outsourced HR solutions under the GuidanceResources brand. ComPsych provides services to more than 27 million individuals and 11,000 organizations throughout the U.S. and 92 countries. Clients range from the Fortune 500 to smaller public and private concerns as well as government entities and Taft-Hartley groups. ComPsych creates "Build-to-Suit" programs which help employers attract and retain employees as well as improve employee productivity and performance. For more information, visit www.compsych.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jennifer Hudson
ComPsych Corporation
312-595-4048
jhudson@compsych.com
www.compsych.com
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