In the flurry of day-to-day demands, it can be easy to let personal health fall to the back burner. But prioritizing healthy habits is key to feeling well and staying well.

This spring, encourage employees to make a fresh start in their health and wellness routines. By staying engaged in their well-being, staff can feel ready to contribute their best at work and home.

Show staff you support their healthy habits. Promote health engagement at work using these five simple steps:

1. Offer Workout Motivation: Get employees moving with free or discounted access to gym memberships, fitness classes or on-demand workouts. Fitness platforms like Burnalong and obḗ Fitness are available through Blue365.
2. Promote Healthy Eating: Look for fun ways to introduce staff to nutritious dining options. Stock the breakroom with healthy snacks or invite a local nutritionist to lead workshops on healthy meal planning. Schedule visits from food trucks with lean protein- and nutrient-dense meal options.
3. Provide Personalized Fitness Trackers: Knowledge is power, as they say. Encourage staff to measure their current fitness levels — and track progress toward personal wellness goals. Fitness wearables from makers like Garmin, Fitbit and Withings make it easy to track personalized data on everything from daily steps and heart health to weight and sleep quality.
4. Encourage Routine Screenings: Use staff newsletters and other internal messaging to promote the importance of recommended cancer screenings and annual hearing and vision checks. Encourage staff to schedule yearly well visits to check for common “silent” health concerns like hypertension or prediabetes.
5. Make Getting Healthy Fun: Organize monthly competitions where staff can earn t-shirts, water bottles or other rewards if they commit to working out, cutting back on fast food or drinking more water. Add “lunchtime trivia” games focused on surprising or little-known health and fitness facts.