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2026 Employer Obesity Symposium

Register Here Become A Member Join Indiana employers, health professionals, and industry leaders for a full-day symposium focused on addressing obesity in the workplace. This engaging event, hosted by the Wellness Council of Indiana, home to the Indiana Obesity Collaborative, will explore the evolving landscape of obesity, reduce stigma, and highlight opportunities for employers to support healthier, more supportive work environments. Throughout the day, attendees will hear a range of perspectives on workplace culture, emerging trends in obesity care, and strategies that organizations can consider to better support employee well-being. The program will feature expert [...]

Obesity and the Workplace Employer Workbook

Create a Healthier Workplace Obesity is one of the most pressing yet overlooked challenges impacting today’s workforce. Our Obesity and the Workplace Employer Workbook equips organizations with the tools, data, and strategies needed to address obesity as a chronic disease, reduce weight-related stigma, and support employee well-being through comprehensive policies, culture change, and benefit design. Whether you're just starting or ready to enhance your workplace efforts, this resource will guide you in building a supportive, stigma-free environment that improves health outcomes and boosts organizational performance. Explore The Workbook Here Additional Resource: The Weigh Forward, Novo Nordisk Section 8: References [...]

Navigating Employee Wellness: Considerations for Addressing Obesity With GLP-1 Medications

Navigating Employee Wellness: Considerations for Addressing Obesity With GLP-1 Medications With increasing media coverage, employers have questions involving how to manage GLP-1 or obesity medications within the workplace. This conversation will cover several important considerations about the medication and how to they fit into an employee benefits and well-being strategy. This webinar will focus on knowing what questions to discuss before making any changes, identifying data sources that should be analyzed to help craft the strategy and understand the emerging impacts these medications are having on individuals, company and benefit plans.

Navigating Employee Wellness: Considerations for Addressing Obesity with GLP-1 Medications

Navigating Employee Wellness: Considerations for Addressing Obesity with GLP-1 Medications With increasing media coverage, many companies have a plethora of questions related to how to manage GLP-1 or obesity medications. This conversation will walk through several important considerations for addressing obesity with these medications and how they fit into an employee benefits and well-being strategy. Know what questions to discuss before making any changes. Identify data sources that should be analyzed to help craft the strategy. Understand the emerging impacts these medications are having on individuals, company, and benefit plans. This webinar is free to attend. Register Here [...]

Economic Impact of Obesity

Economic Impact of Obesity GlobalData released the first of five-state specific white papers focused on the economic impact of obesity, supported by Lilly. This study quantifies the implications of obesity on Indiana's employment levels and workforce resilience, economic activity, and state revenue/expenses. Key Findings of Indiana Report Obesity and overweight cost Indiana in 2022: $9.3 billion in reduced economic activity, or 2% of Indiana’s GDP $966 million impact on the state budget, or 4.6% of 2022 fiscal year revenue $901 million in health-related absenteeism and disability costs 69,400 fewer adults in the workforce 9% reduced earnings for women with [...]

The health benefits and cost-effectiveness of complete healthy vending

Vending machines contribute to growing levels of obesity. They typically contain energy dense, high fat snacks and attempts at persuading consumers to switch to healthier snacks sold within the same machine have had limited success. This study explored the health benefits and cost effectiveness of the complete replacement of regular snacks with healthy items.

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

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