Model Beverage and Food Vending Machine Standards
A key strategy for obesity prevention is improving access to healthy foods and beverages. Often, there is a lack of healthy options when eating away from home, particularly among selections in vending machines. Applying nutrition standards for foods and beverages in vending machines can improve access to healthier selections
Healthy Vending Implementation Toolkit
In April 2011, the King County Board of Health adopted the King County Healthy Vending Guidelines (Appendix A) to encourage organizations to offer healthy food and beverages in their vending machines. Public Health – Seattle & King County staff then developed this toolkit to support organizations that would like to implement the King County Healthy Vending Guidelines
TEDx: Can you replace your doctor with your CEO?
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Moving towards better health can be a challenge in its own right. Today's world has us tempted with many distractions
2018 Wellness Matters Interview with Wellness Council Executive Director
Wellness Council Executive Director Jennifer Pferrer discusses workplace wellness with Ball State PBS
What CEOs Can Do To Improve Community Health
Business leaders have long recognized the value of taking at least a measure of responsibility for their employees’ well-being.
The Economics of Well-being
Since the mid-20th century, Gallup scientists have been exploring the demands of a life well-lived. Recently, in partnership with leading economists, psychologists, sociologists, physicians, and other acclaimed scientists, we explored this topic in greater detail
Wearable Technology: Unlocking ROI of Workplace Wellness
This study evaluates health care claims and wearable device data for a self-insured employer over a retrospective three-year period.
My Last Lecture (2016)
This issue, Volume 30, Number 8, of the American Journal of Health Promotion, published in November 2016, is the last one for which I will serve as editor in chief. My first, Volume 1, Number 1, was published in June 1986, 176 issues, 30 years and 5 months ago. Given that this is my last issue; I am going to invoke a privilege that is sometimes bestowed upon esteemed professors in academia; the honor of presenting a ‘‘Last Lecture.’’
6 Of The Best Podcasts For HR And Wellness Pros
Successful HR and wellness professionals are always looking for new ways to sharpen their skills and gain some fresh perspectives. However, it’s probably safe to assume that many of them don’t have hours of free time to spare to attend multiple conferences or read an entire book.
Spirituality and Religion in the Workplace: History, Theory, and Research
The role of spirituality and religion in the workplace (SRW) is a relatively new area of inquiry that has emerged from scholarly fields not typically associated with the study of the psychology of religion and spirituality