How wellness impacts a national health strategy

1. 1insurance . health . pensions . life
By: Donovan L. Ingraham
Corporate Wellness Coordinator
The importance of wellness strategies in a National Health
Program

2. STATISTICS

3. 1. Government

6. Why pay more for FOREIGN Foods???

7. http://www.foodsystemprimer.org/food-and-
nutrition/food-marketing-and-labeling/
FOOD MARKETING

8. Well-directed taxes on calories, sugar, or fat might be
economically efficient ways of reducing obesity, as
might regulation of television advertising, food
labeling policies, or other nutrition education
programs. Policies that induce the food industry to
redesign foods may be more effective than policies
that rely on inducing response by consumers.
Alsoton, Julian M., Joanna P. MacEwan, and Abigail M. Okrant. "The Economics of
Obesity and Related Policy ." Annual Review of Resource Economics 8 (October
2016): 443-65. Web.
“We do not make food choices
in a vacuum. ... We may believe
that we make informed
decisions about food choice, but
we cannot do so if we are
oblivious of the ways food
companies influence our
choices.”
– Marion Nestle Ph. D, M.P.H.
Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
New York University

9. Retroactive vs. Proactive

10. 2. Corporate

11. “Not only are wellness
programs valuable for the
organizations and their
employees, they are our
biggest hope for fixing a
national health crisis.”

12. Corporate Partnership
To Create a successful Corporate
Wellness Program:
1. Put it in Surround Sound: The organization
must practice what they preach and set
employees up to succeed in wellness.
2. Keep it Personal: Design a program to be less
clinical and more lifestyle related. Connect the
wellness program to the community to target
specific goals.
3. Make it a collective effort: Create a program
so that wellness is done with employees and
not to employees. Allow employees to be
involved in the process.

13. CORPORATE Challenges
Engage your
members in a little
healthy competition!

14. A WELLNESS STRATEGY THAT GETS RESULTS
WE MAKE IT EASY.
MEMBERS HAD
FEWER DIABETES
CLAIMS
REDUCTION OF HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE
CLAIMS
FEWER HEART
DISEASE CLAIMS
*2016 partial year analysis; whitepaper available upon request.

15. 3. Community

16. Lifestyle
Changes

17. Accountability
A study published online in the Journal of Women’s Health
found that a significant number of women were unable to
recognize small weight gains – between 4.5 and 8.8pounds –
over a period of six months, and those little gains can add up
fast.
SELF MOTIVATION = ACCOUNTABILITY

18. The POWER is YOURS!!

19. Thank you!