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Miami – The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County’s Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade held its Sixth Annual Florida Worksite Wellness Awards luncheon on Friday, May 8, 2015 where it proudly announced the winners of the 2015 Florida Worksite Wellness Awards.

 

Presented in partnership with Marsh & McClennan Agency LLC Company, Baptist Health South Florida and Tobacco Free Florida, the program honored Florida companies that demonstrated a commitment to employee wellness and whose programs produced positive health outcomes.  The winner of the small employer group category – businesses with less than 500 employees, was Nature’s Products, Inc., a supplement manufacturing company with 370 employees. The mid-sized category winner, businesses with 500 to 1,000 employees, was City of Pompano Beach, a growing municipality with 750 full time employees. The winner of the large employer group category, businesses with more than 1,000 employees, was School District of Palm Beach County, a top-performing urban school district in Florida with over 21,000 employees.

 

The awards presentation was emceed by CBS-4 Anchor Lauren Pastrana. Michael Ozner, MD, FACC, FAHA, delivered the keynote address on “Heart Attack, Stroke? No Thanks Pass the Red Wine. Cardiovascular Disease and Prevention with the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle” detailing the ways attendees can live and encourage a heart healthy lifestyle in their workplace. Florida State’s Surgeon General, John H. Armstrong, M.D., FACS was also in attendance and spoke to attendees about the Healthiest Weight Initiative and encouraged employers to continue to make wellness a priority in their workplaces.

 

The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County initiated the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade in 2003 to address the increasing rates of chronic diseases in the local community. The Consortium is comprised of community agencies that work in collaboration to promote healthy lifestyles including a healthy diet, regular physical activity and not using tobacco products.  The Worksite Wellness Committee is comprised of a group of dedicated members who promote healthy lifestyles in the work setting by sharing information on best practices and by creating partnerships to implement worksite wellness activities.

 

For additional information about the 2015 Florida Worksite Wellness Awards, please visit www.worksitewellnessawards.org or contact 305-278-0442. 

 

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