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- How to help your employees stay healthy this winter
Your business suffers when your employees get sick, but there are ways to keep your workforce healthy, Stephanie Christensen writes. Encourage your employees to exercise and to take preventive steps such as getting flu shots, she recommends. Also, allow your employees to work from home if they aren't feeling well so their germs don't spread. Intuit Small Business Blog
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- Wellness is important to restaurants with healthy brands
Quickservice restaurants such as Freshëns and Fresh To Order find promoting the company's healthy lifestyle brand means an emphasis on employee wellness. Fresh To Order CEO Pierre Panos says the company could not market itself as healthy unless its managers and other employees were healthy, so it is beginning a corporate competition to encourage exercise and wellness. QSR Magazine
(12/2012)
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- Science is still out on the value of compression garments
Wearing compression clothing during a workout is popular, but the science is inconclusive about whether it improves performance or enhances recovery after exercise. Exercise physiologist Pete McCall says compression garments for recovery won't hurt a person, but if money is an issue, a cold bath and ice is more cost-effective. The Washington Post
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- Study: Fighting among teens is less prevalent in 19 countries
Canadian researchers surveyed almost half a million 11- to 15-year-olds in 30 countries and found that the number of children who reported fighting dropped in 19 countries between 2002 and 2010. They said that rates in the U.S. varied from about 12% to 10% but showed no significant decline. The study was published in the journal Pediatrics. Reuters
(12/4)
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- Fruit, vegetable servings change under federal guidelines
School-nutrition professionals in an Alaska district say they have overcome challenges in implementing federal standards for school meals. The guidelines require nutrition professionals to double fruit servings and adhere to requirements regarding the color of vegetables. Part of the transition has included a locally grown food program, and officials say they expect changes to the school breakfast program next year. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska)
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