Individual Health Problems Can Occur Through Poor Diet By Ann Marier At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

These days, Corporate America is losing weight. Seriously. After the Enron scandal and compliance and immigration issues, corporate America is gearing up to fight a different sort of battle – the battle of the bulge. And for the first time since any epidemic, individual health is gaining major concern. This is because big and small businesses, have come to realize that the individual health of their employees can have a major impact on their own financial health.

This is not something that the corporate world has woken up to overnight. The movement has been slow and laborious and fraught with difficulties, but the powers that be have come to the conclusion that unless they take some drastic steps to maintain the individual health of their employees, they will pay a much heavier price in terms of lost days due to sickness, bigger and more expensive medical bills and general illness that threatens to engulf all productivity. And especially in the case of C level executives, who control the bulk of the decision making power of large organizations, individual health becomes a matter of companywide concern.

After all, the country has a lot to worry about. Nearly one third of the country is made up of individuals who are clinically over weight, obese or suffering from lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension. And the ranks of the corporate workers, who do little more than eat and sit at desks all day, are swollen with such statistics. Pun intended. Experts believe that unhealthy eating habits, the rising prominence of junk food and even the sedentary lifestyles that most of us lead are only worsening the situation of individual health.

Now that some employers, notably IBM and WalMart have taken concrete steps to help their employees fight the battle of the bulge, it is expected that other firms too will begin to pay attention to the individual health of their employees. And if one were to follow the old adage of prevention being better than cure, it does not take much to ensure that the individual health needs of employees are well taken care of. Subsidized gym allowances and fees, a nutritious canteen menu and some planned group activities along with moral support from an understanding employer can go a long way indeed. And the results. Well, if corporate America continues to be this focused on individual health, we may soon expect to see a lean, mean and fighting fit economy as well.

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