Poll: Employee Fitness Programs Work

Making News:

Is the corporate fitness program you offer not being well received by local businesses? Here’s a new selling point. According to a poll, companies that sponsor fitness programs are seeing increased morale and productivity, as well as lower healthcare costs.

The National Business Group on Health, a Washington-based employer coalition, polled 84 U.S. companies and found that 77% had onsite fitness centers, 69% offered onsite fitness programs and 38% offered online information, including health appraisals and weight loss tracking systems.

The companies also reported the following:

• 56% had higher worker morale.
• 27% attributed reduced healthcare costs to their fitness programs.
• 73% said that convenience was one of the most effective methods of increasing participation.
• 61% shared the cost of the fitness programs with their employees.
• 27% paid the entire cost.

For more information on this topic, see “Trends in Corporate Fitness” by April Durrett in the June issue of IDEA Fitness Journal.

Joy Keller

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Joy Keller is the senior editor of IDEA Fitness Journal and is also a certified personal ... more

Joy Keller is the senior editor of IDEA Fitness Journal and is also a certified personal trainer, indoor cycling instructor, yoga teacher (RYT 200) and Reiki level 3 practitioner.

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