Transcript 3 Factors Determine our Health and Longevity

Worksite Wellness Programs
• Yield a $3 to $6 return on
investment for each dollar invested.
(When focused on lifestyle behavior change.)
• It takes about 2 to 5 years after the
initial program investment to realize
these savings.
(CDC, Cardiovascular Disease and the Workforce)
Unhealthy Employees Can
Raise the Cost of Doing
Business
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The cost of absenteeism
The cost of worker’s compensation
The cost of health benefits
The cost of low productivity
Physical Inactivity
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public health
problem of
our time.
(Exercise is Medicine, 2009)
3 Factors Determine our Health
and Longevity
Behavior
Genetics
Environment
3 Factors Determine our Health
and Longevity
Genetics
3 Factors Determine our Health
and Longevity
Genetics
Environment
1900
Leading Causes of death in 1900
Pneumonia / Influenza
Tuberculosis
Infectious Diarrhea
All 3 mainly related to
environmental factors
(Exercise is Medicine, 2009)
3 Factors Determine our Health
and Longevity
Behavior
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Genetics
Environment
1900
Leading Causes of Death
in 2004
(Actual count)
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Heart Disease
Cancer
Stroke
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
Accidents
Diabetes
Alzheimer’s Disease
Influenza / Pneumonia
Renal Disease
Septicemia
652,486
533,888
150,074
121,987
112,012
73,138
65,965
59,664
42,480
33,373
Actual Causes of Death
Leading Risk Factors of those top 3
Deaths per Year in U.S. (1,000s)
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Tobacco
Inactivity/Poor diet
Alcohol
Toxic Substances
Microbial agents
Motor vehicle crashes
Incidents involving firearms
Sexual behaviors
Illicit use of drugs
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400
85
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The prescription:
30 minutes of moderate
intensity walking a day /
five days a week
(US Surgeon General)
Irrefutable Evidence for
Exercise
in the Prevention of
Disease.
(30 minutes of moderate intensity walking a day / five days a week)
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Diabetes (30%)
Breast Cancer (20 – 80%)
Colon Cancer (40%)
Hypertension (40%)
Heart Disease (50%)
Reduces Cholesterol
Fights Depression
Hip Fractures (55%)
Dementia (40%)
Cardiovascular-related Death
Coronary Artery Disease (50%)
Falls
If we had a pill that conferred all the
proven health benefits of exercise, we
would find a way to make sure every
employee had access to this
wonderful drug.
Other benefits
• More energy
• Helps you relax and feel less tense.
• Feel more in control, more alert, and more
positive.
• Improved sleep.
• Lose extra pounds and maintain weight.
• Helps controls your appetite.
• Tones your muscles.
Fitness Vs Fatness
• Better be fat and fit than
skinny and unfit.
• Low level of fitness is a
bigger risk factor for
mortality, than mildmoderate obesity.
• Benefits of physical
activity are the same,
regardless of how much
you weigh.
(Exercise is Medicine, 2009)
Physical Activity
• Physical activity results in a longer
and healthier life.
• No matter what country.
• No matter what age.
• No matter how healthy or what the
disease.
(Exercise is Medicine, 2009)
Activity Level and Health
Claims
• Health claims increase as activity
levels decrease.
• Inactive persons cost $1,543 per
year more than active ones.
(Exercise is Medicine, 2009)
What is PACE?
Physical Activity Comes Easy
Social Marketing
Campaign
What is the message?
Walk at least 30
minutes a day, 5 days
a week.
What needs to be done?
Be Active Your Way!
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
Power Point
Presentations
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
Printed Material
-Log books
-Fact sheets
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
PACE Break
Table tents and
door knob
hangers
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
Logo Recognition
Prompting employees to remember the
message.
Newsletters, paycheck stubs, memo’s, website links.
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
Newsletter Inserts
Walking, at moderate intensity, 30 minutes a day, five days a week will:
Reduce your risk of breast cancer by 20 - 80%. (National Cancer Institute, 2010)
Pay Check Stuffers
30 minutes of moderate-intensity walking a day / five
days a week will . . .
Reduce your risk of colon cancer by 40%.
(National Cancer Institute, 2010)
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
PACE Website
www.ecdhd.com/pace
-Tool to log minutes walked
-Tool for more information about physical activity
-Add as a link for easy access.
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
Banners and Posters
Using PACE to Promote Worksite Wellness
CD – PACE tool kit for employers
Do something for
yourself today.
Take a walk.