Talk:Workplace wellness

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Long-time
Long-time reader, first-time contributor; go easy on me! The link which I removed (http://www.wellnessproposals.com) is to a commercial web site. Please note alternate sourcing for the first reference if KFF/HRET (both non-profits) are not considered proper sources. Theebs (talk) 18:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your contributions. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Flawed CDC deaths from obesity estimation
I'm removing the chart and related text about obesity being second cause of preventable death. The CDC changed the number from 400,000 (July 2004) to 365,000 (January 2005) and then to 25,814 (April 2005). At least that's what the Washington Times reports, searching the CDC website produced a small FAQ, undated, which includes following text:
 * "Is CDC changing its estimate of obesity-related deaths?
 * Yes. We are no longer going to use the previous annual estimate of 365,000 deaths from poor nutrition and physical inactivity.
 * Instead, CDC will state, “The latest study based on a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults estimates that about 112,000 deaths are associated with obesity each year in the United States.” However, because the science continues to evolve and Americans’ health status continues to change, this estimate will very likely change in the future as more data become available and improved methods are developed."

Either way, the data in the article is flawed. Ssscienccce (talk) 18:33, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

RAND study
Here's the Reuters report on the RAND study.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-wellness-idUSBRE94N0XX20130524 Exclusive: 'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines - RAND By Sharon Begley NEW YORK | Fri May 24, 2013 6:39pm EDT (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and a favorite of the business community.

According to a report by researchers at the RAND Corp, programs that try to get employees to become healthier and reduce medical costs have only a modest effect. Those findings run contrary to claims by the mostly small firms that sell workplace wellness to companies ranging from corporate titans to mom-and-pop operations.

RAND delivered the congressionally mandated analysis to the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services last fall.

The report found, for instance, that people who participate in such programs lose an average of only one pound a year for three years.

In addition, participation "was not associated with significant reductions in total cholesterol level." And while there is some evidence that smoking-cessation programs work, they do so only "in the short term." ...

Another Reuters report: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/us-usa-healthcare-wellness-idUSBRE94S1ED20130529 --Nbauman (talk) 04:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

And the actual RAND report:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR254.html#key-findings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.197.247 (talk) 22:09, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Absurd program
The workplace wellness program is yet another absurd measure to improve the health of the American workers with more tricks, rather than granting them some time off. For some reason, these entries make look federally mandated vacation time a health risk to the employee, while statistics have proven the opposite again and again. More mandated vacation time will increase the health and productivity of workers, not genetic or even biometric screening. I also address this to conservative or religious communities, what will the worker do more, if he knows his grand-father was schizophrenic? Obesity? Well, clearly there the "genetic" component seems at least questionable.(Osterluzei (talk) 23:33, 22 March 2017 (UTC))

workplace wellness measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
I think this article should have a section detailing workplace wellness and its ineffectiveness during the COVID-19 crisis, especially as it relates to at-risk frontline healthcare workers such as myself. However, I haven’t added substantial information with cited sources to any articles yet, and I was hoping someone might know where to find sources and help me. Thanks! Lungespine (talk) 05:01, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

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