{"id":5790,"date":"2017-04-12T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:11:37","slug":"where-you-work-florence-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/where-you-work-florence-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Where You Work: Florence Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Health New England, we strongly believe that your health plan should do more than just pay for doctors\u2019 bills when you are sick. That\u2019s why, in addition to our full range of benefits, we offer our employer groups a tailored, comprehensive worksite wellness\u00a0program option,\u00a0called <a href=\"http:\/\/healthnewengland.org\/wellness\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Directions<\/a>. Healthy Directions is designed specifically for your worksite and employee population, and is administered for free by Health New England\u2019s Health Management Program team.<\/p>\n<p>One of our employer groups, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florencebank.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Florence Bank<\/a>, continues to be an active participant and leader in offering their employees wellness-related programs and incentives, and has been involved in the Healthy Directions Employer Wellness Program since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does\u00a0Florence Bank\u00a0offer a variety of wellness activities throughout the year to its employees, such as onsite group exercise classes, biometric screenings and nutritional education, but they also have an amazing <strong>participation rate of over\u00a080%<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, as part of Healthy Directions, Florence Bank piloted a 12-week lifestyle management program where employees focused on physical activity and nutrition. Thirty-three of their employees participated in group exercise classes with a personal trainer and had individual nutritional counseling sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Their hard work\u00a0really paid off. <strong>The group\u2019s\u00a0biometric results showed them losing a collective total of 216 pounds, 49% body fat, 177.5 pounds in fat mass, and 69 inches!<\/strong> In addition, all of the participants\u2019 knowledge and confidence about staying physically active and eating healthy increased significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Health New England, we strongly believe that your health plan should do more than just pay for doctors\u2019 bills when you are sick. That\u2019s why, in addition to our full range of benefits, we offer our employer groups a tailored, comprehensive worksite wellness\u00a0program option,\u00a0called Healthy Directions. 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