May 2012 IDEA Fitness Journal Quiz 5: Corporate Wellness

This continuing education quiz discusses the rise of workplace wellness and how fitness professionals are poised to benefit from employers’ battles against surging healthcare costs. Read about how American employers are realizing that promoting workplace health is a worthwhile investment. While motives may be primarily financial, workplace wellness programs have the potential to transform many lives in the years ahead—a trend that bodes well for fitness professionals. With corporate wellness expected to grow 18% over the next 5 years, the fitness industry is in a perfect-storm position to create or embrace the opportunity. The major catalysts for this storm are rising disease and disability among Americans and the relentless annual increase in healthcare costs. Take this quiz and you—and every fitness professional—can ignite change in people’s lives.