American Heart Association Names Fit-Friendly Companies
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February 9, 2015
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The American Heart Association today recognized 57 Indiana companies and organizations as Fit-Friendly Worksites for promoting physical activity and health in the workplace. Nationally, the association recognized 1,896 companies during this application cycle – one of two each year.
The Fit-Friendly Companies program is a catalyst for positive change in the American workforce by helping companies make their employees’ health and wellness a priority. The Fit-Friendly Companies Program offers a unique, easy-to-implement opportunity for corporations to increase employees’ physical activity, which will help improve their health – and their employers’ bottom line.
Indiana companies designated this cycle as Fit-Friendly include:
Allegient Indianapolis Gold
Angie’s List Indianapolis Gold
Apex Benefits Group Indianapolis Gold
Ball State University Muncie Gold
Celadon Group Indianapolis Gold
Central Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
Citizens Energy Group Indianapolis Platinum
City of Franklin Franklin Gold
College Park Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
Community Health Network Indianapolis Gold
Cooke Medical Bloomington Gold
Deaconess Health System Evansville Gold
Deer Run Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
DeKalb Health Auburn Gold
Delta Faucet Company Indianapolis Gold
Eagle Creek Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
Eastbrook Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
ERMCO, Inc. Indianapolis Gold
Eskenazi Health Indianapolis Gold
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Evansville Gold
Fishback Creek Public Academy Indianapolis Gold
Franciscan Alliance – Northern Indiana Region Munster Gold
Guion Creek Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
Guion Creek Middle School Indianapolis Gold
Hobart Family YMCA Hobart Gold
Indiana University Health West Hospital Avon Platinum
Ingram Micro Mobility Plainfield Gold
Interactive Intelligence Indianapolis Platinum
IU Health La Porte Hospital La Porte Gold
Ivy Tech Community College Evansville Gold
J.C. Hart Company Carmel Gold
Lincoln Middle School Indianapolis Gold
MED Institute West Lafayette Gold
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Jasper Gold
Monarch Beverage Indianapolis Gold
MSD Pike Township Indianapolis Gold
Mulzer Crushed Stone Tell City Gold
Neace Lukens Indianapolis Gold
New Augusta Public Academy North Indianapolis Gold
New Augusta Public Academy South Indianapolis Gold
Oliver Winery Bloomington Gold
Pike High School Indianapolis Gold
Porter-Starke Services, Inc. Valparaiso Gold
Saint Meinrad Archabbey St. Meinrad Gold
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Mishawaka Gold
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Elkhart Gold
Snacks Crossing Elementary School Indianapolis Gold
South Bend Medical Foundation South Bend Gold
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Indianapolis Gold
Terre Haute Regional Hospital Terre Haute Gold
The Heart Hospital at Deaconess Gateway Newburgh Gold
Tobias Insurance Group Indianapolis Gold
Unifrax New Carlisle Gold
Union Hospital Terre Haute Gold
Welborn Baptist Foundation Evansville Gold
Witham Health Services Lebanon Platinum
YMCA of Southwestern Indiana (New) Evansville Gold
Fit-Friendly Companies reach Gold level status by implementing various activities and programs to encourage physical activity, nutrition and culture enhancements such as on-site walking routes, healthy food choices in cafeterias and vending machines, annual employee health risk assessments and online tracking tools. Companies that achieve Platinum recognition — the highest tier — take the program a step further by measuring the outcomes of their wellness efforts.
American employers are losing an estimated $225.8 billion a year because of healthcare expenses and health-related losses in productivity, and those numbers are rising. Many American adults spend most of their waking hours at sedentary jobs. Their lack of regular physical activity raises their risk for a host of medical problems, such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Employers face $12.7 billion in annual medical expenses due to obesity alone. The American Heart Association is working to change corporate cultures by motivating employees to start walking, which has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity.
For more information about the Fit-Friendly Companies program and how it is helping to improve the health of Americans by focusing on an activity that is convenient, free and easy, visit www.startwalkingnow.org.
Source: American Heart Association