Amanda Carlson-Phillips, MS, RD, CSSD, is the Vice President of Nutrition and Research for Core Performance. Core Performance is a global leader in proactive health, delivering a competitive advantage to the world’s most forward-thinking companies optimizing the performance of their employees through a prescriptive and proven approach. Learn more at www.coreperformancewellness.com
Corporate wellness programs focus almost entirely on movement programming, from on-site fitness centers to group classes. All these deliver significant value to the employee, but optimal nutrition integration has been a missing part of the puzzle.
To compete against rapidly rising healthcare costs, research continues to prove that getting employees moving and eating better. It can reduce absenteeism, increase executive function, and reduce key risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer.