With today’s lean organizations, a healthy, productive, and engaged workforce is vital to long term success. Great nutrition fuels a healthy workforce and reduces obesity - the number one preventable cause of disease. But, the typical US company workforce is:
- 36% overweight
- 23% obese
- 5% diabetic (with an additional 5% pre-diabetic or undiagnosed)
Barriers to Learning and Applying Healthful Eating
Studies show that employees have the desire to be healthy and lean, so what stands in the way? Consider the barriers.
- Where do they go for great nutritional training and education that will stick with them?
- How do they know where to start a program? Are they beginners? Or are they experienced with the need for a few tips and tricks?
- How do they fit another commitment into already hectic schedules?
- How do they stay motivated and moving forward?
- Do they need a partner or a community to support them?
Inspired by the Challenge eHealthPath Creates CookToBeFit™
The founders of eHealthPath faced these same barriers as individuals and as executives interested in promoting real health and wellness in their organizations. In their quest for a solution, they discovered a critical truth. “Good nutrition starts with eating healthy and healthy meals are more likely to be cooked at home.” Over the next two years, they worked with nutritionists, chefs, training and education experts, web designers and software developers to create the one-stop nutrition education and cooking skills resource that would blend with and enhance any corporate wellness program. They call it CookToBeFit™.
CookToBeFit™ is a breakthrough training program that makes low-cost, healthy home cooking accessible and engaging for employee student populations from 1 to 10,000. They have tailored their program for working adults to overcome scheduling, motivation, and diversity obstacles to eating healthy. Their intuitive navigation, anytime access to courses, regular recognition, and open interaction with the learning community tear down barriers to success.
Focusing on Skills, Motivation and Community for Life-Long Health
CookToBeFit™ teaches nutrition expertise and advanced home cooking skills, so employees can consistently create healthy and delicious meals at home for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They keep people motivated to learn by providing ongoing recognition to each trainee on an individual level and with public recognition that encourages friendly competition. Then CookToBeFit™ takes community to the next level with a built-in social network that creates a community support structure for each user.
This program is a perfect fit for insurers, self-insured companies and government employers.
Easy to Build Buzz and Implement
The team at CookToBeFit™ helps companies build internal buzz about the program with a comprehensive communication package. A full complement of print, electronic and rich media messaging is ready to help any company large or small launch the program quickly and easily.
CookToBeFit™ is so easy to implement and reasonably priced, it can be a first step into wellness, or it can complement an existing program. It is an investment in employees’ long term health that will make a real difference in their lives and help solve one of the biggest health challenges facing American businesses.
Want to know more? Visit www.ehealthpath.com.
Cheryl Voloshin - Cheryl Voloshin is an experienced freelance and technical writer in the San Francisco bay area.
