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Safety Leadership Happens in the Middle
Safety Culture Excellence
Greetings everyone, this podcast recorded while in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. I’d like to share an article I wrote, published May 2013 in BIC Magazine. It was titled, Safety leadership happens in the middle. The published article can either be found on the magazine’s website or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com …
Corporate Wellness – How did we get overweight?
NIFS
How did we get this overweight, this quickly? In part one of this series, we talked about what obesity is and if it’s really a disease, you can read that here. Obesity has been around since recorded history, but never to the degree we have experienced the past 30 years. In nature, people and animals who store energy are more likely to survive famine, yet there is more food available now than ever. Several experts feel we’ve encountered the “perfect storm.” We’ve experienced a significant change in our environment with increased stress levels, while sleep, free time, and activity levels have decreased. In our food, nutrient levels have decreased while use of chemicals and preservatives has majorly increased. (Side note: Did you hear Twinkies are coming back with an increased shelf life of an additional 3 weeks? They aren’t just refrigerating those things.) Let’s look at a few of the causes of this increase in weight gain over the past 30 years …
10 Questions to Ask When Evaluating a Corporate Wellness Program
Total Wellness
It’s been a rough couple of months for corporate wellness. First, there was the depressing 2013 RAND report on corporate wellness. Next the State of Nebraska had to defend their wellness program results. And, just last week faculty and staff at Penn State protested their new wellness program …
Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders with Early Intervention
How to Prevent MSDs and Maximize Human Performance with Early Intervention from Ergonomics Plus
From the Ergonomics Plus blog
From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week:
