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And it takes more than a simplse discount on a gym club membershiop to get employees to take proactive steps for ahealthy lifestyle. Over the past decade, health-care insurancew costs have been risingv as well asgeneral health-carre costs. With the economy casting doubtd on retirement accounts and addexd stressesto employees, employers are lookinyg to keep their workers happy, healthy and fit. The Nationalo Center for Health Statistics says 62 percent of adultds are notphysically active, as of 2007, and only 24 percent are activer three to four times a For every $1 a company spendws on health and wellness, in two to five it could see another $3 to $4 in savings, accordinfg to a 2005 study by the American Journak of Preventive Medicine.
It makes sense: Healthiedr employees could cost companies less in healtbh careand worker’s compensation analysts say. And a healthier workforc may also mean fewer days lostto