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Build a Healthier Worksite
Different elements of the worksite environment contribute to unhealthy
lifestyles, such as limited access to nutritious foods or limited opportunities
for physical activity. Below are some simple solutions to help improve the
availability of healthy foods within the worksite and to incorporate physical
activity into the workday. Visit the
Build a healthier worksite archives to learn more.
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It is important for employees to have clean, inviting spaces that
encourage eating nutritiously and being physically active.
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| Wellness Board of the Month |
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A Wellness Bulletin Board can be good way motivate your employees
to make better choices. Here's a complete
wellness board for March. Just print and post.
Visit our
Bulletin Board Archive for more samples.
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Think Outside the Building
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Set up an outdoor meeting area, encourage employees to walk outside and meet at
a picnic table under some trees. Will help encourage creativity by getting them
out of the office, will stay focused and refreshed since they are out in the
fresh air. Added cost benefit: Picnic tables cost much less than conference
tables! You can add square footage to a cramped office space by encouraging
employees to utilize the beautiful surroundings.
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| Smoke-Free Workplace
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Everyone benefits when the air is cleared of secondhand smoke – even smokers,
some of whom will quit or at least cut back. In a smoke-free workplace, workers
become healthier. Healthier workers miss less work, are more productive and
have lower health care costs.
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Go for Atmosphere
provides information on the benefits of owning and frequenting smoke-free
businesses, as well as tools to help businesses take this step.
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Quitline NC provides
free, confidential, one-on-one support that'll give you the help you need to go
tobacco-free for good. The Quit Coaches are available at 1-800-QUIT-NOW
(1-800-784-8669), 7 days a week.
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| Sample Policies |
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Make it official - set an example. Fit City offers a sample
Workplace Smoking Policy for businesses wanted to go smoke-free.
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