Wolf Kirsten is founder and president of International Health Consulting based in Tucson, Ariz. and Hamburg, Germany. He is also a co-founder of the Global Healthy Workplace Awards and past president of the International Association of Worksite Health Promotion.
A global survey on workplace wellness underlines daunting challenges to implementing a global corporate wellness program. Of all the deaths worldwide, 63% stem from NCDs, many attributed to the 2.1 billion who are obese or overweight.
A recent journal by Michael O'Donnell highlighted the recent criticism of the effectiveness of workplace health promotion. Scientific literature with regard to the impact of workplace health promotion makes case for the effectiveness of comprehensive programs.