Corporate America's investments in fitness programs for workers are beginning to pay some dividends, according to a poll of large employers conducted by the National Business Group on Health.
“More and more employers are seeing the value of helping their workers become and stay fit and trim,” said Helen Darling, the group's president. “Over the past few years, we have seen a growing number of companies implementing various fitness programs aimed at helping workers lose weight, eat healthy, and create an overall healthy lifestyle.”
Of the companies responding to the poll, 56 percent reported increased morale among their workforces as a result of their fitness programs and initiatives. Other benefits included reduced health-care costs, according to 27 percent, and 20 percent experienced increased worker productivity and decreased absenteeism.
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