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		<title>context to demo hotseat at games for health conference 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[employers are increasingly turning their attention to social health games as the moat-spanning drawbridge between employee dispassion and confusion and better health outcomes. if you&#8217;re in this camp, then consider attending the games for health conference in boston from june 12 through june 14. the event brings together a variety of researchers, game developers and health professionals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/context-to-demo-hotseat-at-games-for-health-conference-2012/</link>
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		<title>health affairs advises employers on health care reform and workplace wellness programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The Affordable Care Act of 2010 will, as of 2014, expand employers&#8217; ability to reward employees who meet health status goals by participating in wellness programs&#8211;and, in effect, to require employees who don&#8217;t meet these goals to pay more for their employer-sponsored health coverage. Some consumer advocates argue that this ability to differentiate in health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/health-affairs-advises-employers-on-health-care-reform-and-workplace-wellness-programs/</link>
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		<title>bad news for employers in recent obesity projections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; by 2030, 42% of americans will be obese. if this projection and the projections regarding the percentage of employers continuing to offer health care benefits bear out, employers will shoulder a good portion of the cost. and the costs to employers are staggering. according to a reuters article on the subject: obesity-related absenteeism costs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/bad-news-for-employers-in-recent-obesity-projections/</link>
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		<title>how are employers doing on work-life fit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the families and work institute released their 2012 national study of employers. this study examines trends related to workplace flexibility, health care and economic security benefits, caregiving leave and elder care assistance. their 2012 study looks specifically at the prevalence of practices, programs and benefits in all participating companies, the difference in approach and availability between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/how-are-employers-doing-on-work-life-fit/</link>
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		<title>#co_health tweet chat: small steps to big changes  (may 16 at noon ET)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[current conversations about workplace wellness often turn to incentive design: how can we get employees to do what we want them to do and not do what we don&#8217;t? for what should we pay incentives? how often should we pay out? what will be most effective and lead employees to have &#8220;skin in the game&#8221;? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/co_health-tweet-chat-small-steps-to-big-changes-may-16-at-noon-et/</link>
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		<title>anti-tobacco user-generated videos rock the message</title>
		<description><![CDATA[you want to view some awesome user-generated videos? then check out the surgeon general&#8217;s video contest: tobacco, i&#8217;m not buying it. this video&#8217;s one of the slickest in the submissions for ages 13 through 17. you can see why. but this video&#8217;s my favorite. it hits on the peer pressure and tobacco industry tactics that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/anti-tobacco-user-generated-videos-rock-the-message/</link>
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		<title>5 tools help employees avoid sitting disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; we know prolonged sitting&#8217;s detrimental to individual and business health. prolonged sitting decreases productivity and creativity and ratchets up stress. research now links prolonged sitting to more extreme health risks, such as obesity, alzheimer&#8217;s, diabetes and heart disease, and even an earlier death. the research is telling us: we need to unseat employees. but how? until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/5-tools-help-employees-avoid-sitting-disease/</link>
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		<title>would you rather cure your flat butt or exercise at your desk?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[of option A or option B, which article would grab your attention and get you reading? guess what? your employees would answer the same way. the trick is to be the jessica rabbit of writers. you want to look one way (fluff), but be another (substance). option A option B]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/05/would-you-rather-cure-your-flat-butt-or-exercise-at-your-desk/</link>
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		<title>lunch break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[note: this is a follow-up post to this morning&#8217;s post on taking back lunch. two things i know about habit change: it&#8217;s easier to do when you create social accountability and set yourself up not to fail. so i made advance plans to have lunch at a favorite restaurant with two of my favorite people: rob, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/04/lunch-break/</link>
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		<title>where and how do you spend your lunch?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; i don&#8217;t know about you, but i typically spend the 15 minutes i devote to lunch standing at the kitchen island perusing the newspaper, cramming my brain while i cram my mouth. lunch feels like something to check off rather than something to experience or benefit from. but mashable is challenging me to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freerangecomm.com/2012/04/where-and-how-do-you-spend-your-lunch/</link>
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