Exclusive: 'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines - RAND

According to a report by researchers at the RAND Corp, programs that try to get employees to become healthier and reduce medical costs have only a modest effect. Those findings run contrary to claims by the mostly small firms that sell workplace wellness to companies ranging from corporate titans to mom-and-pop operations. RAND delivered the congressionally mandated analysis to the U.S. Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services last fall. The report found, for instance, that people who participate in such programs lose an average of only one pound a year for three years. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/24/us-wellness-idUSBRE94N0XX20130524