FYI
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: New Physical Activity @ Work website from the Alberta Centre for Active
Living
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:12:30 -0600
From: Judy Newman <judy.newman@...>
Reply-To: Health Promotion on the Internet <CLICK4HP@...>
Organization: Alberta Centre for Active Living
To: CLICK4HP@...


Announcing a new user-friendly website from the Alberta Centre for Active
Living ...

Physical Activity @ Work: Bringing Physical Activity Into the Workday

<http://centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/>
http://centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/


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"A Better Place to Work" stretching
<http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/images/beforeyoustart/stretchin
gthree.jpg>

The new Physical Activity @ Work website helps employers, employees,
workplace wellness coordinators and human resources advisors improve their
workplace by encouraging physical activity @ work.

Research shows that physical activity is good for business. Active
employees can reduce companies' levels of:

- turnover
- absenteeism
- injuries
- disability compensation
- health-care and life insurance costs

Other benefits include:

- improved job satisfaction
- better ability to cope with stress
- improved alertness, reaction time and memory
- greater productivity at work

These easy-to-use sections on the Physical Activity @ Work website will help
you make your workplace a better place to work:

- <http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/steps/index.html>
Step-by-step guide to planning workplace physical activity.
- A personal
<http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/trr/tools/trackerlogin.html>
Activity Tracker that allows employees to set personal goals and to track
their physical activity.
- Yoga @ Your Desk videos (in
<http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/trr/tools/yoga_atdesk_en.html>
English and
<http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/trr/tools/yoga_atdesk_fr.html>
French).
- Benefits: The health
<http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/beforestart/benefits.html> and
bottom-line benefits of bringing physical activity into the workday.
- <http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/ideas/index.html> Program
ideas: Practical ways to make physical activity possible in your workplace.
- <http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/stories/index.html> Success
stories from a variety of Alberta companies who are "walking the talk" in
their workplaces.
- <http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/beforestart/safety.html>
Safety/risk management issues related to physical activity @ work.


To subscribe to updates on the Physical Activity @ Work website and other
sections of the centre's website, visit
http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/rssfeedinfo.html.