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Alere Wellbeing Study Shows Impact of Federal Cigarette Tax Increase on Quitline Use and Outcomes
May 18, 2012 4:32 PM by
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Susan M. Zbikowski, PHD, Senior Vice President, Research, Training, & Evaluation I am pleased to announce that Alere Wellbeing had an important paper published this month in the Journal o...
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“Personal mobility devices” for the office – making sure we sit more and move less?
May 17, 2012 6:40 PM by
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Apparently Honda has not gotten the message that we have an obesity epidemic, and that too much sitting is one of the major contributors to poor health in industrialized countries. This week, Honda i...
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Alere Wellbeing to Help Record Number of Tobacco Users on World No Tobacco Day
May 15, 2012 1:04 PM by
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Reed Dunn, Senior Recruitment Marketing Manager Every year on May 31, the World Health Organization celebrates World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). Established in 1987, WNTD is an annual recognition of glob...
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Alere Wellbeing & Pinterest: Sharing Healthy Behaviors on the Interest Graph
May 14, 2012 2:10 PM by
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Doug Buser, Associate Manager of Social Media & Online Content Social media is the number one activity on the Web, and historically, social networks have relied on the social graph – conne...
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Improve Your Memory with a Cup of Berries Each Week
May 11, 2012 7:47 AM by
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Sandi Kaplan, MS, RD, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support Have you heard of flavonoids? They are plant-based compounds with powerful antioxidant properties, which means they reduce...
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Quitting Tobacco Requires Perseverance
May 09, 2012 6:53 AM by
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Allegra Wiborg, Lead Trainer, Service Delivery Some people might think that the Quit For Life® Program helps a person quit tobacco. And they’d be half right. But really, we’re all ab...
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Tips for Increasing Your Veggie Intake this Spring
May 08, 2012 2:23 PM by
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Sandi Kaplan, MS, RD, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support Spring is my favorite season for a lot of reasons. Each morning, I look out into the garden and yet another bush is bloom...
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Tobacco Use Epidemic – Tobacco Control for Kids Outside the US
May 02, 2012 12:53 PM by
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Ken Wassum, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support Let’s start this week’s blog with a couple quotes from the American Cancer Society’s 4th Tobacco Atlas that demon...
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Beyond Employee Benefits Communications: Celebrate Quitting Tobacco on Cinco de Mayo
April 30, 2012 8:26 AM by
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Ariyah DeSouza, Recruitment Marketing Manager Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually in September. Spanish for “fifth of May,” Cinc...
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From Cereal to Snacking: Kellogg to Reinforce America's Unhealthy Habits
April 27, 2012 8:58 AM by
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Marie Gahler, Senior Manager, Weight and Nutrition Education Services Snacking has become a favorite American pastime! We munch in front of the TV and while searching the web. We grab something to g...
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