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For those avid business travelers, it is difficult to maintain a routine lifestyle. Long hours driving, short stints in various cities, then back on the road for more hours of driving. It is difficult enough to maintain a lifestyle in which your meals are routine, let alone having a regular workout schedule. Yet compromising fitness is not something a business traveler can afford to do. Working...
11/3/2009 5:58:23 AM
By Renee Woods --- When you travel over seas, it is often quite a different experience. You have a new culture which means different food. In addition, the food is often something we are not familiar with, so a good suggestion is to research the cultures before leaving and you may be able to find good healthy food that you like. In the case of not being sure of the food at the travel destination,...
11/3/2009 5:56:16 AM
Traveling as a part of the work schedule can have many ramifications concerning eating healthy. Most business travelers complain of weight gain as a side effect of their job description. Others contend that they have developed digestive issues among other health related matters because they simply cannot eat healthy on the road. Most reasons for the lack of healthy food choices while traveling are...
11/3/2009 5:51:42 AM
By Renee Woods --- Let’s talk about traveling for business in the United States and how to make better, more healthy, and more cost effective choices. Your health is your well being, so when you are traveling it is important to feed your body what it needs to function properly. As you probably have experienced while sitting on the plane listening to your stomach growl, the food is not very good, it...
11/3/2009 5:48:25 AM
By Bucky Marcus --- Results of a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) conclude that workers’ poor health is costing U.S. employers more than they realize by creating an impact on profitability and undercutting productivity of the nation as a whole. The study, entitled “Health and Productivity as a Business Strategy,” was a coordinated research effort by...
11/3/2009 4:44:14 AM
It has been a tough year for the United States. The financial recessions set off tidal waves of crisis, one crashing into the next. We have been faced with a recession which started with the collapse of the financial industry. That then led to the crumbling of the housing market, increasing unemployment, and creating larger than ever state deficits, leaving many states near bankruptcy. Yet preventive...
11/3/2009 4:43:32 AM
With the inter-connected global economy, it seems that the corporate world is in a never-ending stress race to see who can get more done quickly and efficiently. This puts extensive strain on employees, who are the backbone of many projects. Therefore this race mentality is transferred straight to their cubicles. Yet is this constant pressure day-in and day-out more harmful or helpful to the company...
11/3/2009 4:42:04 AM
By Bucky Marcus --- In early April, 2009, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), along with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), reintroduced legislation called the Healthy Workforce Act to joint members of Congress. They were seizing an opportunity to make wellness and prevention of disease a part of the overall discussion on health reform. Their bill...
11/3/2009 4:38:41 AM
"Bless you," you might say as you once again hear one of your employees having a sneeze fest in their cubicle. While you appreciate their persistence in coming to work, you wonder if they should have stayed home. You would rather not have your own health or immune system compromised at work. With the big meeting at the end of the week, you hope that their germs don't decide to take your immune system...
11/3/2009 4:38:10 AM
Ideally, a company has a culture of being is a well-oiled machine yes? All parts are in perfect engagement; with each portion running as smoothly and efficiently as possible, in order to produce the best possible results. Unfortunately, such efficient culture is difficult to create. Since most machines use power and energy, and release heat, it is almost impossible to find a machine that is 100% successful....
11/3/2009 4:35:42 AM