Workplace Nutrition & Wellbeing Programs
With Australians spending about one third of their lives at work, effective workplace health programs have been shown to improve the health and wellbeing of employees and facilitate organisational changes, such as reduced absenteeism and increased productivity.˜
Motivate Nutrition provides employees with the skills and confidence to boost their health, performance and productivity in the workplace.
Helping people identify their personal nutrition challenges and barriers is the first step. We then support them to make sustainable changes in their nutrition behaviour that fits in with their work and home lives.
Our programs are delivered onsite and are specially tailored to suit each organisation and varied work roles including:
Physically active occupations e.g. in construction, plumbing, transport and logistics
Office jobs, from administrators through to managers/team leaders
Shift work/rotating rosters e.g. doctors, nurses, security guards, train drivers
On-the-go roles – travelling by car or planes eg. real estate agents, executives, salespeople
Group dynamics
The benefits of joining others to set and tackle goals cannot be underestimated. Anyone can download healthy eating tips from the internet but it is through a real connection with other people – sharing common experiences and challenges – where sustainable change often occurs. To maintain and boost participant engagement, our programs are capped at 30 participants.
What we offer
Motivate Program
- Typically run over eight weeks, the Program allows participants plenty of time to set goals, learn vital tips, introduce nutrition and lifestyle changes into their lives and report back to the group on outcomes. Areas people choose to concentrate on vary from weight management and cooking healthier meals at home to reducing their alcohol intake and doing more exercise.
- Key Program features:
- • 3 x one-hour interactive workplace workshops
- • 1 x Quick Bites Nutrition Education Seminar
- • Supporting resources and tools
- • Pre and post workshop participant evaluation
- • Program impact report for the employer/organisation
Motivate Express Program
- Designed to run over four weeks, it is a condensed version of the Motivate Program.
- Key Program features:
- • 2 x one-hour interactive workplace workshops
- • Supporting resources and tools
- • Pre and post workshop participant evaluation
- • Program impact report for the organisation
Quick Bites
- Quick Bites Nutrition Education Seminars
- Our one-hour Quick Bites Seminars are customised to match each organisation’s needs and employee interests. With one seminar included within the Motivate Program, Quick Bites can also be a great way to continue the conversation of health nutrition in the workplace after completion of the eight-week Program or the Express version.
Top reasons to boost your organisation’s health˜˜
Benefits of a healthy workplace for employers
- Improve work performance and productivity
- Reduce absenteeism and sick leave
- Decrease frequency and costs of worker’s compensation
- Improve employee morale, satisfaction and motivation
- Improve corporate image and attraction/retention of employees
- Increase return on training and development investment
- Improve employee engagement and employee relationships
Benefits of a healthy workplace for employees
- Increase in health awareness and knowledge
- Increase in physical health and mental wellbeing
- Increase in job satisfaction and morale
- Healthier lifestyle
Extra reasons to invest in workplace health
Reference
[˜] and [˜˜] Healthy Workplace Guide, 10 steps to implementing a workplace health program. Second edition. 2016. Heart Foundation, Cancer Council NSW and the Physical Activity, Nutrition & Obesity Research Group (PANORG) from the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney.
