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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 suez

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... [More]

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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 jenniferl

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... [More]

Tags: Workplace, Weight Management, Wall-E, Spontaneous Physical Activity

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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 reedd

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... [More]

Tags: World No Tobacco Day, World Health Organization, Alere Wellbeing, Quit For Life Program, tobacco cessation, quit smoking

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Alere Wellbeing & Pinterest: Sharing Healthy Behaviors on the Interest Graph

May 14, 2012 2:10 PM by dougb

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... [More]

Tags: healthy worksite, health tips, quit tips, healthy behaviors, behavior modification, Quit For Life, Weight Talk, social media, Pinterest

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Improve Your Memory with a Cup of Berries Each Week

May 11, 2012 7:47 AM by sandik

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... [More]

Tags: nutrition, whole foods, berries, memory, brain function

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Quitting Tobacco Requires Perseverance

May 09, 2012 6:53 AM by allegraw

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... [More]

Tags: quitting smoking, quitting tobacco, Quit Coach, Quit For Life Program, perseverance

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Tips for Increasing Your Veggie Intake this Spring

May 08, 2012 2:23 PM by sandik

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... [More]

Tags: nutrtition, whole foods, vegetables, spring vegetables, nutrtition tips

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Tobacco Use Epidemic – Tobacco Control for Kids Outside the US

May 02, 2012 12:53 PM by kenw

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... [More]

Tags: tobacco cessation, tobacco epidemic, tobacco use prevalence, kids

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Beyond Employee Benefits Communications: Celebrate Quitting Tobacco on Cinco de Mayo

April 30, 2012 8:26 AM by ariyahd

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... [More]

Tags: quitting smoking, quitting tobacco, Cinco de Mayo, promotional campaign, employee communications, employee benefits

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From Cereal to Snacking: Kellogg to Reinforce America's Unhealthy Habits

April 27, 2012 8:58 AM by marieg

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... [More]

Tags: snacks, weight management, weight loss, diet, obesity, childhood obesity, adolescent obesity, processed food, Kellogg

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