• Promote a healthy lifestyle by making it easier for workers to eat right.

Here are ways a company can encourage workers to have a healthy, nutritious diet:

• Don’t fill vending machines with candy bars. Offer healthier options, such as nuts, yogurt, fresh fruit or veggies with dip.
• Promote water, coffee, tea, or other beverages rather than putting the spotlight on sugary sodas. One study found that workers reduced their waistline and lowered consumption of sugary beverages after the employer took sugar-sweetened beverages out of its cafeterias and vending machines.
• Don’t make doughnuts and cookies go-to snack for meetings. Try fresh fruit or trail mix.
• Try team-wide events such as a healthy potluck. Employees could bring a favorite dish and share the healthy recipes. Examples could be a stir-fry, minestrone soup, quinoa salad, or meatless lasagna.