The Economic Contribution of Fitness Centres
In the 21st century fitness is about more than just delivering individual-level health benefits. With the specter of obesity, an aging population and an enduring economic downturn, we have the national economy to consider. In 2009 Fitness Australia commissioned Access Economics to conduct research to quantify the economic contribution of fitness centres to the Australian… Read More
Motivation is…
Last Night I Watched…
Episode 3 of ‘The Men Who Made Us Thin’. Last night’s programme was very interesting, it talked about BMI (Body Mass Index) classifications and bariatric surgery. Based on last episode’s premise that “‘exercise is an inefficient means of weight loss”, this week’s chat about surgical interventions as a ‘valid’ method of weight loss came as… Read More
Organisational Change & Employee Health
A recent study of the Whitehall II cohort in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2013,doi:10.1136/oemed-2013-101385) finds that “organisational change affects employees’ health negatively in the short term but also that it is possible to recover from such negative effects.” I would presume to say that the short term effect is due to the fear of losing… Read More
Homeworking: Fairness Works Both Ways
This article gives rich evidence on key things to get right in managing homeworking. It also points to some of the benefits, notably in employees’ commitment. The research asks how homeworking practices relate to employees’ psychological contracts, which is to say, their expectations of the flexible working scheme and their employment relationship as a whole.… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 