The researchers also found that the most obese workers had 13 times more lost workdays due to work-related injuries, and their medical claims for those injuries were seven times higher than their fit co-workers. Overweight workers were more likely to have claims involving injuries to the back, wrist, arm, neck, shoulder, hip, knee and foot than other employees.

Study co-author Dr. Truls Ostbye said the findings should encourage employers to sponsor fitness programs. "There are many promising programs," Ostbye said. "We'd like to see more research about what is truly effective."

One program that employers can adopt is the new healing program at Atlantispa which we call "The Thalasso-Effect" by using a combination of the Atlantispa SG-2000 for bathing and Jupiter Water Ionizer for drinking water. The drinking and bathing of healing waters is called "balneotherapy". Both use negative ionization technologies to help the body release unabsorbed toxins that cellulite fat deposits naturally hold in the body. Once the toxins are freed and eliminated through sweating, or other bodily elimination, cellulite is easier to lose with a balanced diet.

Employers would be better served by creating a holistic weight loss hydrotherapy/balneotherapy wellness program with the combination SG-2000 and Jupiter machines. Such a program requires very little space and just a modest initial investment for years of dependable service. The payback comes fast and in the form of healthier, happier, slimmer employees that become sick less, are less injury prone, and lose fewer days of work. This results in higher company productivity rates, meaning higher profits, and higher profits mean happier shareholders.

Isn't it time for your company to make an investment in your valued employees and their health and well-being? Consider the possibility of either in-house or workplace "Thalasso-Effect" therapies by Atlantispa. Any program your company invests in would likely reduce worker's compensation accidents, thereby creating long-term dividends that would probably pay for the therapy program of choice several times over. Call Atlantispa at 563-445-7331 for a  consultation on how your company can make a win-win long term investment in your employees' health while securing your company's productivity in a competitive marketplace.