The IHS Group provides innovative health solutions to organizations, resulting in decreased health care costs, increased employee productivity, and decreased absenteeism.

We do this by focusing on better nutrition, health education, wellness coaching, and one-on-one goal-setting sessions for the organization’s greatest assets, its people.

Why are corporate executives getting involved in their employees’ health and wellness?

They can’t afford not to provide programs to improve the health of their greatest assets, their employees.  With rising health care costs, employers are struggling to find cost-effective solutions to assist their employees in becoming healthier, and in turn, lower the costs associated with the overweight and unhealthy conditions of their workforce.  According to the CDC, a 10% weight loss will reduce an overweight person’s lifetime medical costs by $2,200 - $5,300 (Preventing Obesity and Chronic Diseases Through Good Nutrition and Physical Activity fact sheet, July 2003).  Just a 10% weight loss for the majority of a company’s workforce could result in a healthy bottom line savings.

Being overweight and unhealthy is also affecting the productivity and absenteeism of an organization’s workforce.  Obesity costs employers 39 million lost work days, 239 million restricted work days, 90 million bed days, and 63 million physician visits per year according to a study published in the journal Obesity Research and cited by the National Business Group on Health in its Current Estimates of the Economic Cost of Obesity in the U.S.   The financial impact this has on an organization is too costly to ignore.

Research shows that 70% of all chronic health problems are preventable and directly linked to lifestyle.  How, then, can an employer help their employees better manage their health risks and gain control of rising health care costs within their organization?

The IHS Group is committed to assisting our clients achieve an immediate return on investment through our proven, leading-edge technology.  Thousands of people have lost weight and kept if off, improved their energy levels, and have been able to get off of medications under their doctor’s supervision through our health and wellness program. 

We understand that in order for employees to change their behavior as it relates to health, they need to fully understand why these lifestyle changes are essential to their well-being.  Through nutrition, health education, seminars, and individual wellness coaching, we have been successful in helping people reach their desired health goals.  Imagine how much more productivity you will see from a healthier, more energetic, leaner workforce.

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