Managing obesity in the workplace: a beneficial choice
News Release
You can make a positive and lasting contribution to healthy obesity management.
Addressing the challenges of obesity in the workplace offers many opportunities for you to take positive action, both for the financial health of your organization and for the total wellbeing of your employees.
This is the message presented by Jade Bellemare, Director, Communication and Marketing, Group Benefits and Retirement Solutions, in a recent article in Human Resources Director (HRD) magazine entitled Tackling obesity: a workplace imperative.
Drawing on our recent white paper Managing obesity: a shared commitment, Ms. Bellemare describes the tactics and tools that you can use to better understand obesity and help your group insurance plan members manage this chronic and complex disease.
Challenges and solutions
Jade Bellemare discusses, among other things, the range of consequences obesity can have, notably on individual health and the financial health of group plans.
She adds that, while there are no simple solutions to the challenges of obesity, you can implement or enhance several elements of your group insurance offering, including:
- Access to medication
- Health care services
- Mental health support
- Fighting against stigmatization
- Promoting healthy lifestyle habits
An integrated approach
Managing obesity, rather than simply encouraging weight loss, requires an integrated approach aimed at improving total wellbeing combined with communication and education for staff and company management, says Jade Bellemare.
By letting members know about the solutions and services available, you help them better understand how their plan can support them, she concludes.
To find out more about how your group insurance plan can make a positive and lasting contribution to healthy obesity management, read the article Tackling obesity: a workplace imperative (en anglais seulement).
If you have any questions, please contact your advisor or your iA Financial Group Account Executive.
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