Randomized Trial: Workplace Wellness Programs do Little to Improve Overall Health or Lower Spending

Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Employer Wellness Programs—A Work in Progress (free)

Commentaries: Workplace wellness programs may help people change certain behaviors but do little to improve overall health or lower spending, study shows – Harvard Medical School (free) AND How Well Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? – NPR (free) AND Harvard Study On Workplace Wellness: Behaviors Change But Health Does Not — So Far – CommonHealth (free) AND Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, Study Shows – The New York Times (free)

Related: Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise (free)