Tag: wellness
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Covington schools show ‘Fitness Rocks’ by lowering body mass, lifting the bars of nutrition, wellness and academic achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools’ Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create...
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CaldWELL County group campaigns for smoking ban
A committee dedicated to the wellness of Caldwell County, which makes the most of the county’s name, is pushing for a smoking ban. The CaldWELL Committee‘s internal acronym stands for Wellness Education...
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Wellness programs looking good as business investments
Businesses should like these numbers a lot: Invest $1, get $3 back. That’s the latest math on the return on employee wellness programs and experts are saying that may just...
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Annual report for Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region shows employee health care costs there will go up about $400 next year
In an continuing effort to move health costs off the shoulders of employers and onto employees, workers in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will likely pay an average $4,775 out...
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Study: Small business owners see bottom-line benefit from employee health and wellness programs
A study of small businesses has found that three out of four offering health and wellness programs to their employees believe the initiatives are good for their bottom line. The...
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Government says health-reform law to save average Kentuckian with Medicare coverage $5,000 through 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely save the average person with traditional Medicare coverage $5,000 from 2010 to 2022,...
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Kentucky ranks next to last, Fifth Congressional District dead last in national healthiness and happiness survey
(Click on images for larger versions) Kentucky was again next to last among the states in happiness and healthiness of its residents in 2011, ranking above only West Virginia, though...
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Tips for maintaining your weight this holiday season
The average American gains five to seven pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, but maintaining healthful eating habits can help them avoid packing on the weight, diabetes nutrition educator...
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Smokers should pay more for health insurance, but obese should not, national poll finds
Nearly 60 percent of people in October’s Thomson Reuters–NPR Health Poll said smokers should pay more for their health insurance than those who don’t smoke, but 69 percent said “no”...
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Haven’t quit smoking, lost weight? Pay more for health insurance, more companies say
In an effort to keep health-care costs down, companies across the country, including Walmart, are opting to charge workers who smoke or are obese higher premiums than their more healthy...