title: Making wellness the focus: one employer's story.
abstract: The rising cost of health care threatens the very fabric of American society. With Americans widely practicing unhealthy life habits, such as using tobacco, eating imprudently and leading a sedentary lifestyle, they are at risk for health conditions that threaten to make them long-term liabilities to their employer. This article tells how one U.S. employer chooses to focus its workforce on wellness.
authors.affiliation: Aon Consulting's Benefacts Service, Owings Mills, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jandeska
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zapach
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D015438:Health Behavior; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014481:United States