Reduce Annual Medical Expenses Without Overburdening Your Company’s Employees
Is your human resources department searching for a way to reduce annual medical expenses without distracting employees from their primary responsibilities? ChallengeWave helps companies achieve medical expense reduction by providing the three components that employees need to make improving their lifestyles as easy as possible:
Social Support
Since 1994, The National Weight Control Registry has tracked over 5,000 people who have lost at least thirty pounds and maintained this weight loss for over a year.
One of the key findings of the Registry’s research is over half of the people who made this change did it with the help of a program.
The reason people are less successful at losing weight on their own is because research has shown that social support is a key component of weight loss. A 1999 study published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that 95% of individuals who had social support from at least three people were able to complete a four month weight loss regimen. Only 76% of the participants without support completed the regimen.
Even more significant was the impact of social support on individuals’ ability to maintain their weight loss. After six months, only 24% of those without support maintained their weight loss. However, 66% of the participants who had support were able to keep off every pound they had lost during the first four months!
Two ChallengeWave features highlight the social support our platform provides. Your company’s employees will be able to send their co-workers high fives to congratulate them on their progress towards a goal. If an employee notices a co-worker is beginning to fall off track, they can send a nudge as a positive reminder to get back on track.
Feedback
Another finding of The National Weight Control Registry is three-fourths of the weight loss successes they track check their weight at least once a week. This finding demonstrates the important role concrete feedback plays in making it possible for your employees to improve their health.
ChallengeWave will make it easy for your employees to see how they’re doing. Employees will be able to see how many days they’re active each week. They’ll also be able to see how many challenges they participate in on a weekly basis.
In addition to using these convenient summaries for feedback, our platform will also provide your employees with a detailed activity log. This log will allow your employees to easily see if they’re actually as active as they believe.
Competition
A Navy Personnel Research and Development Center study found that competition increases achievement.
ChallengeWave makes it easy for employees to turn lifestyle improvement goals into challenges. Although the competition between your employees will be friendly, this component will significantly improve your employees’ results.
To see exactly how ChallengeWave can be implemented to reduce your company’s annual medical expenses, you can try a 2 month free health promotion trial of ChallengeWave.