Healthy Workplaces
Did you know:
- Obesity costs private employers an
estimated $45 billion dollars a year.
- Sugar-sweetened beverages are the single
biggest contributor to the obesity epidemic.
- Outside of the home, the workplace is the
#1 place where sugary drinks are consumed.
Join the New York City Health Department in combating obesity and making workplaces healthier for the city's employees. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer—all of which reduce the quality of life, increase employee absenteeism and contribute to lost productivity in the workplace. In New York City, approximately 60% of adults are overweight or obese, meaning that almost every employer will grapple with obesity-related costs.
As an employer, are you interested fighting obesity?
Taking steps to create a healthy food environment is one important way businesses can help promote good health among employees. Here are some materials to get you started:
Healthy Workplace Initiative Partners
The Healthy Workplace Initiative applauds the businesses that have committed to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in their workplace and implement additional environmental policies to promote and support healthy eating habits at work. We encourage other employers to follow their example.
The following businesses have committed to at least two of NYC’s Healthy Workplace recommendations:
- American Cancer Society
- Bank Street College of Education
- Barnard College, Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
- Barnard College, Science and Technology
Entry Program (STEP)
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
- Brooklyn Museum
- Communications Workers of America, Local 1180, Retirees Division
- COPO – Council of People’s Organization
- Edison Properties
- FULBRIGHT & Jaworski L.L.P.
- March of Dimes New York State Chapter
- Modell’s Sporting Goods
- New York University, Student Health Center
- Police Athletic League
- Project Renewal, Inc.
- Public Health Solutions
- Rena Day Care
- Samuel Field Y
- Teach for America
- The Blackstone Group
- The Medical Letter
- University Medical Associates
- Urban Health Plan, Inc.
- VIP Community Services
- Volunteers of America, Greater New York
- Wildcat Services Corporation
- Women in Need, Inc.
List of New York City employers who made healthy changes in their workplaces:
