Employee Wellness & Work-Life Balance

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Health, Fitness & Nutrition

2008 Physical Activity Guidelines. Not sure how much you should be exercising? Check out this U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ web site.

Evaluating Nutrition Information. Can’t make sense of all the conflicting information about nutrition labels? This FDA web site provides information on how to understand and use the Nutrition Facts Label.

Real Age web site offers self-assessments for over 40 conditions in Men’s & Women’s Health‚ Food and Nutrition‚ Skin‚ Chronic Pain Management and more. You will need to establish an online account and password; however there is no charge for the assessments. Sign-in and find out how young or old you really are.

Kaiser resources available for any employee regardless of what health benefits your have enrolled in:

• Health Calculator. Calculate your information regarding Weight Management‚ Fitness‚ Smoking‚ Alcohol‚ Stress and other health related areas.
• Audio library. You can listen to guided imagery programs (Healthful Sleep‚ Easing Pain‚ Weight Loss‚ etc.) or other audio programs (Exercise‚ Walking‚ Stress Management‚ etc.)online or download to an MP3 player.

Anthem Blue Cross Tools and Calculators available to all employees include calorie counter‚ dessert wizard‚ healthy refrigerator‚ nutrition quiz‚ etc.

Medical Information

There are a number of web sites which provide trusted information on a variety of health topics, drug and supplement references, medical dictionaries and more.

• Family Doctor
• Health Finder ­ US Department of Health and Human Services
• Kids Health ­ for Kids and Teens
• Mayo Clinic
• Medline Plus - US National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health
• Medscape ­ from WebMD
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - National Institutes of Health
• Safe Medication

Smoking Cessation

There are a variety of free online services that include self-help materials‚ a referral list of programs‚ one-on-one counseling over the phone

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• California Smokers Helpline
• Helping Young Smokers Quit
• QuitNet