Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity: Worksite Initiatives

Listed below are information and references to address physical activity and nutrition in the worksite setting.

 

See what's in the 2013-2018 Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity State Plan for Worksites.

 

 

Resources

The Worksite Wellness Resource Kit (revised March 2018) - A tool to assist work sites with implementing strategies that have been proven effective. The kit walks you through the process of developing a worksite wellness program.

 

Worksite Walking Campaign Tools. These communication tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be used to encourage employees to be physically active and walk more. Employees benefit from seeing positive messages and information that encourage them to participate in a walking program. The tools include flyers, e-blasts, a pocket guide, sample texts for mobile applications, and 9 E-cards for employees to share.

What Works in Worksites, P-40133 (PDF) - A two-page summary of evidence-based and promising strategies that focus on helping people eat healthier and be more active in the workplace.

Small Business Worksite Wellness Strategies, P-00639 (PDF) - This six-page document summarizes strategies in the work site kit for low-resource, low-cost options that might best suit smaller businesses.

Workplace Wellness Program Grant - Historical Information

Note: the grant program sunset date of December 31. 2018 has passed and funds are no longer available.

Legislation was enacted in March 2014 to provide grants to small businesses that create workplace wellness programs. The grant program ran from 2014 through 2018, but is no longer funded.

Online Campaigns (PDF) - A listing of free or low-cost online physical activity and nutrition campaigns and other helpful information.

WELCOA (Wellness Council of America) - Look to the WELCOA website for free resources and other helpful information. Visit the Wisconsin WELCOA site for its annual conference, other training opportunities and membership information.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Workplace Health Promotion - The CDC website offers a variety of resources to employers including:

• An obesity cost-calculator where employers can input employee demographic data to estimate the total costs associated with obesity and determine annual obesity-related medical costs for their companies.
• Information and resources to help employers plan, build, promote, and assess interventions to combat obesity.
• Information on how employers can estimate return on investment, a measure of the cost of an intervention compared to the expected financial return of the intervention.

Healthy Worksite Initiative - This website was designed by the CDC as a resource for Worksite Health Promotion program planners in various settings. Here you will find samples, information, resources, and step-by-step toolkits to help you improve the health of your employees.