Villa Wellness

This latest reality show on Mediacorp Channel 5 is about 12 female contestants living under the same roof, who go through detoxification, exercise and healthy eating to morph from overweight bodies to fit and toned ones. The show is about life transformations, internalized confidence and reshaping body and minds.
Phern Tan, Director of FHI, is one of the life coaches on the show; she imparts nutrition knowledge to the contestants through weight management programmes like supermarket tours and cooking classes.

Workplace Health Works!

February 2005 www.shri.org.sg To many human resource managers, workplace health programme can be a tedious process that does not demonstraste result. Done with a proper structure, workplace health programme can surprise with such positive impact and outcome that many far-sighted companies have incorporated it as part of their employee benefits. Sounds too good to be true? Fitness and Health International Pte Ltd (FHI) is one such consultancy that can help your company achieve this. Click on the title image above to see the full article in pdf.

Published by Human Capital, February 2005.

 

Return on investment on Employee’s health

Key personnel are really the cornerstone to the success of any company and they directly impact the bottom line and determine its performance. A logical train of thought is that if an employee is not feeling well, he or she will not be able to perform at this optimal. However, are we able to quantify the relationship between health productivity and costs? Researches in USA have shown that the well-being of employees is inversely related to the healthcare cost of the company. Studies have shown that employees are have greater health risks, incur more healthcare costs.

Many companies associate the negative impact of an unhealthy employee with just medical claims, however, research figures revealed that the total healthcare cost consists of many other direct and indirect costs as well. These hidden costs can add up to quite a sum. There is also the intangible effect of an absent employee on the workforce and the workplace.

Investment into a program and not just signing up for classes has significantly contributed to the a more productive workforce, reduced healthcare costs and raised the image and a positive atmosphere at the workplace, contributing significantly to the performance of the company.

Extract from the article Return on investment on Employee’s health published by Unicorn Digest, January 2004 and contributed by FHI.