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Promoting active workplaces for better work health.
By: Sarah Duffield, 05 November 2008, Exercise, Health and productivity, Policy & Legislation, Workplace interventions
DESCRIPTION: For employers looking to increase productivity and reduce sick days, a workplace wellness program could be the answer.

Across South Australia, the Office for Recreation and Sport has been promoting its “be active for 30 minutes a day” message for several years. Now, it is taking that message to the state's workplaces. During October, Gavin Fairbrother from the Office for Recreation and Sport held a number of workshops across metropolitan Adelaide and regional South Australia on the benefits of promoting workplace wellness programs, as part of Wo...
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