RD Finders and Personal Training

Companies are getting with the program on keeping employees healthier and happier.  Why?

Improved fitness and nutrition on the work site improves morale, productivity, and absenteeism.

One benefit employers and employees are seeing is the reduction in health insurance premiums and usage!

At least 4 out of 10 leading causes of death - heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes are related to the way we eat - Aetna.com 

Return on Investment

All companies want to know how a corporate wellness program will impact the bottom line:

• Bank of America realized a return of $6 for every $1 spent on its health-promotion program. --American Journal of Health Promotion
• PepsiCo found that its corporate fitness program produced a 300% ROI. --Fitness Systems

How does corporate wellness impact employee turnover?

• Tenneco found that employees who participated in its corporate fitness program were 13% less likely to leave the company than those who did not. --Business & Health
• The annual turnover rate for participants in British Columbia Hydroelectric’s fitness program was 3.5%, compared to a company-wide average of 10.3%  --Cigna

If you as a company invest in your employees, they will return the favor by staying and bringing other great talent.  Happy, healthy employees makes for a happy, healthy company.

Absenteeism is impacted in a very positive manner with corporate wellness:

• The average annual per capita increase in medical expenditures and absenteeism associated with obesity ranges from $450 to $2,500 per obese employee.  Costs increase along with BMI. The combined annual per capita cost of being an obese man, including medical expenses and absenteeism, ranges from $460 to $2,030.  For women the per capita cost ranges from $1,370 to $2485.- IDEA Fitness Journal , January 2006
• Northern Gas Company employees who are in the corporate wellness program use 80% fewer sick days than non-exercising employees. --Riverside Occupation Health Services
• Coors has saved over $2.3 million in lost wages due to absenteeism. --Business & Health
• Johnson and Johnson watched its absenteeism rate fall by 15% within two years of introducing a fitness program. --Human Resources Executive

RD Finders and Personal Training can provide your company with:

- Wellness program consulting

- Agreegate reporting

- On-site wellness program management

- Seminars and workshops on wellness topics specific to your employee health issues.

- Work with your employee benefits provider to manage health care cost expenditure.

- Worksite support groups that keep fitness and nutrition on the mind of all employees.

- Onsite personal training available for individuals and groups.