Corporate Nutrition Melbourne - Why Corporate Nutrition Melbourne

Corporate Workshops

Whether your company already has a wellness plan or is considering starting a program, Corporate Nutrition Melbourne can help.

Medical Professionals

Here at Corporate Nutrition Melbourne we can provide your patients with advice on the management of a number of chronic conditions.

Food Industry

If you are looking to update or revamp your current menus, we can provide you with suitable alternatives to keep even the toughest gourmet food critics happy.

Personal Consultations

Here at Corporate Nutrition Melbourne we understand that maintaining a healthy eating pattern is not always as simple as utilizing a formula and coming out with the desired result.

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Why Corporate Nutrition Melbourne

Here at Corporate Nutrition Melbourne we take great pride in keeping up to date with best practice guidelines in both the nutritional information we provide to our clients, as well as in the way in which we structure our programs. Recent research released by the Department of Human Services outlined key factors to consider when implementing any worksite preventative health program.

The table below demonstrates how the programs run by Corporate Nutrition Melbourne are in line with these government guidelines.

Government Guidelines

Service/Aspect of Program

Individual tailoring of interventions

Focusing primarily on employees' needs and tailoring programs to address specific needs

Seminars and workshops are tailored to your employees interests and requirements

Health assessments can be conducted to assess the key areas of importance to your workplace

Recognition that a person's health is determined by an interdependent set of factors

Use of the stages of change (transtheoretical model)

Self directed goal setting for change

Individual consultations enabling personal lifestyle factors to be taken into consideration when advice is given

With the assistance of a trained professional, your employees will be able to set their own personal goals that are suitable for them through the varying stages of readiness to change

Targeting several health issues

A series of seminars and workshops are able to be collaborated into a program run over the course of a year. The topics in these programs can vary from weight management, to diabetes and heart disease prevention, to a range of other exciting topics

Internet provided health information

Our website is constantly being updated with new information.

Online email consultations are available when face to face appointments are not feasible

Telephone based high risk intervention counseling

Employees requiring a more intensive review process will be followed up via telephone calls at more regular intervals than the standard agreed review times

Simultaneously addressing individual, environmental, policy and cultural factors affecting health and productivity.

We will work with caterers on providing healthy options at canteens, on site kitchens, or for meetings which will enhance the access to, and availability of, nutritious food

Promotional strategies at point of purchase are provided to enhance sales of healthier food products

We will provide ideas to create a healthy eating culture within the work environment

One on one consultations

Attaining high participation

Optimising the use of onsite resources

Programs are tailored to enable maximum participation:

Group services (seminars, workshops, health expos)

Individual services (one on one consultations)

Online and telephone based services

In and out of office hours available

We come to you thereby reducing travel time for your employees

Ensuring long term commitment to the program

Evaluating programs

Constructive feedback is collected at the completion of a program

The program is constantly being developed and updated to ensure clients are receiving the best possible service

Benefits- linked financial incentives

It is now widely accepted that:

A healthier workplace leads to a more alert workplace, which leads to a more productive workplace, which leads to decreased absenteeism and increased revenue

Citation: Bellew, B. (2008) Primary prevention of chronic disease in Australia through interventions in the workplace setting: An evidence check rapid review brokered by the Sax Institute (http://www.saxinstitute.org.au) for the Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, Victorian Government Department of Human Services.