HealthFitness infographic about corporate wellness.

1. WHY
CORPORATE
16KG
WELLNESS?
Three out of five employers (61%) offer a corporate wellness program1.
Why? Because when properly integrated, a corporate wellness program
can improve employee health and productivity, and contain health care
costs. Plus, corporate wellness is proven to help retain top performers.
EMPLOYER PAINS
Poor employee health
DID YOU KNOW?
1 IN 2 ADULTS
HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AT LEAST
2
ONE CHRONIC DISEASE
2 OUT OF 3 ADULTS
ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE3
Many health care providers struggle to
address risks, such as obesity4
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
guidelines recommend checking all
patients to determine if they’re obese;
however:
o Research shows when doctors
perceive an obese patient to be
smaller than themselves, only
11% discuss weight loss with
the patient
Health care costs5
25-30%
of medical costs per year are spent on
employees with major risk factors
such as: Obesity
Cigarette smoking
Diabetes
Productivity losses6
$
Health-related
productivity losses
cost employers
$225.8
BILLION
PER YEAR
Cost employers
$1685 >
per employee
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Retention7
49%
employees likely to leave
and look for a new job this year
IMPACT OF
MAJOR
EMPLOYEE HEAL
TH RISKS
2. Obesity
1. Tobacco
Obese cost
Smokers miss more
days per year8
$1,850–
$5,500
6.2
days
Smoker
more in health
care costs than
normal-weight
individuals10
$
3.9 $4.3 billion:
days
Non-smoker
Annual losses to businesses
because of obesity-related job
absenteeism11
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Annual cost to
employers:
$96 billion11
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Annual cost to
employers:
$190.2 billion11
3. Diabetes
Employee with diabetes
costs, on average,
Employee without
diabetes averages
$13,243 annually13
$2,560 annually13
VS.
Diabetes accounts for:
• 15 million work
days absent12
• 107 million work days
lost due to unemployment
disability12
• 120 million work
days with reduced
performance12
Annual cost to employers:
$174 billion
BENEFITS OF CORPORATE WELLNESS
Reduced costs and absenteeism14
Meta-analysis
shows corporate
wellness on
average reduced
sick leave
absenteeism by
Health care
costs by
$
Workers’
compensation
and disability
management
claims costs by
$
30%
26%
28%
ROI
Average ROI of corporate wellness15:
$1
$
$1
=
$1
$
$1
$1
$
$1
$1
$
$1
$3.27 for every $1 spent
Impact on retention
Employees who participate in wellness programs are
more likely to be loyal to their employer16
73%
Participants believe
their company is very
loyal to them
62%
Participants feel very
loyal to their company
62%
Participants say benefits
are an important reason
they stay at their
current company
Employer spending on corporate wellness is a strong financial
investment when it succeeds in modifying employee health and
behaviors. HealthFitness is a proven leader of population health
management solutions that measurably improve employee health.
To learn more about HealthFitness’ unique approach to infusing a
culture of health for clients, visit www.healthfitness.com.
Sources:
1. Business Insurance, http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120625/NEWS03/120629945?tags=|307|74|305|339|257 2. Health Affairs,
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/1/64.full 3. Institute of Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-inObesity-Prevention/Infographic.aspx 4. Wall Street Journal Health Blog, http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/01/30/overweight-doctorsless-likely-to-discuss-weight-loss-with-patients/ 5. National Business Group on Health, www.businessgrouphealth.org 6. Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665809 7. Employee Benefit News, http://eba.benefitnews.com/news/
benefits-employees-employers-workers-ancillary-offerings-coverage-2725242-1.html 8. Tobacco Control, http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/
content/10/3/233.abstract 9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/
implementation/topics/tobacco-use.html 10. Occupational Health & Safety, http://ohsonline.com/articles/2012/03/13/obese-workers-havehigher-health-care-costs-than-smokers-study-says.aspx 11. Institute of Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress- in-ObesityPrevention.aspx 12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheets/atwork.htm 13. Diabetes Care,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12610059 14. American Journal of Health Promotion, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11502012
15. Health Affairs, http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/early/2010/01/14/hlthaff.2009.0626.abstract 16. Metlife,
http://www.healthplansonline.com/blog/metlifes-9th-annual-study-of-employee-benefits-trends/
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