WHY WORKPLACE WELLNESS

"Every dollar spent on health promotion at the workplace, saves 16 dollars through less absenteeism"

Source: Wockhardt Hospitals (Harvard Medical International)

"Out of a group of individuals categorized as "high-risk" for heart disease at the start of a six-month work site wellness program, 57 percent reduced their cardiac risk factors, to the extent that they were "low-risk" by the end of the program."

Source: "American Journal of Cardiology" in 2009

THE NEED in Corporate Life

A study of 500 corporate employees from 300 diverse companies across18 broad sectors of the economy revealed:

• 65% of the respondents suffered from chronic, lifestyle or acute diseases

• Out of the 65% ill employees:

• 32% were affected by lifestyle diseases

• 21% suffered from chronic diseases

• 12% had at least one acute ailment

The Effect on Workplace Efficiency

• Work pressures, severe competition, long and odd working hours, rigorous commute, bad sitting postures, irregular eating habits, sedentary lifestyles and a complete lack of exercise inflict upon individuals and institutions air of bad health, stress and negativity.

• Organizational productivity is getting affected by frequently stressed, sick employees and bickering teams.

• Yoga was found to be the leading all-in-one relieving solution for the burned-out professional.