The ROI on weight loss at work

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Let's say your organization launches a workplace weight-loss program, and it becomes a lot easier for you and your employees to exercise more and eat healthfully. There's an on-site fitness center open 24 hours a day--complete with showers, lockers, and free personal training--that costs just $5 a month to use. After about six months, you lose 10% of your body weight. Your blood pressure drops, and your knees don't ache anymore--plus you get a small financial incentive to stay fit. If you think this type of plan would be prohibitively expensive to offer, think again. A recent article in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease says the plan's payoff stems from lower health care costs and reduced absenteeism..Printed journal