EXERCISE IN BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY!
Benefit from Stronger Employees

RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Bank of America realized a return of $6 for every $1 spent on its health-promotion program.
-American Journal of Health Promotion

PepsiCo found that it's corporate fitness program produced a 300% ROI.
-Fitness Systems

New York Telephone saw a return of $1.95 for every $1 spent on corporate fitness.
- Compensation and Benefits Management

REDUCED EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT FINDING

Tenneco found that employees who participated in its corporate fitness program were 13% less likely to leave the company that those who did not.
- Business & Health

The annual turnover rate for participants in British Columbia Hydroelectric's fitness program was 3.5%, compared to a company-wide average of 10.3%
- Cigna

Toronto Life Assurance reported that turnover of employees in the wellness program was 1.5%, versus 15% for non-participants.
-Economic Benefits of Enhanced Fitness, Roy Sheperd

REDUCED ABSENTEEISM

The average annual per capita increase in medical expenditures and absenteeism associated with obesity ranges from $450 to $2,500 per obese employee. Costs increase along with BMI. The combined annual per capita cost of being an obese man, including medical expenses and absenteeism, ranges from $460 to $2,030. For women the percapita cost ranges from $1,370 to $2,485.
-IDEA Fitness Journal, January 2006

Northern Gas Company employees who are in the corporate wellness program use 80% fewer sick days than non-exercising employees.
-Reverside Occupation Health Services.
Coors has saved over $2.3 million in lost wages due to absenteeism.
-Business & Health

Johnson and Johnson watched its absenteeism rate fall by 15% within two years of introducing a fitness program.
-Human Resources Executive