With over 85 percent of chronic disease being driven by behavior and environment, Health Coaches have a critical role to play in healthcare. According to a study from the Mayo Clinic, only 2.7 percent of Americans live a healthy lifestyle. The reality is behavior change is hard, and most people do not know how to …
A lot of important decisions concerning health and wellness are affected by hyperbolic discounting.
Chronic diseases and related lifestyle risk factors are the leading drivers of health care costs for employers and employees. Productivity losses linked to employees who miss work cost employers $225.8 billion, or approximately $1,700 per employee, annually.
As people’s needs and wellness evolve, so must the practitioners who help them. With health coaches being a major part of this health & wellness evolution; the next logical step is finding ways to reach and help more clients. Creating an on-line health coaching business is a logical first step.
High stress and toxic work environments have a dramatic impact on worker’s health, well-being, and happiness. Poor health and morale equates to poor work performance, ultimately effecting the success of the organization and is costly in terms of outcomes and health claims.
Americans need help! 86 percent of the nation’s $2.7 trillion annual health care expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions.
