Supporting Workplace Wellness Programs:
We’re being hit by a global financial and healthcare time bomb. It’s being fueled by society’s bad habits such as smoking, increasingly sedentary lifestyle choices, over eating and mindless snacking. With an ongoing nationwide fixation on weight-loss and obesity, consumers are beginning to ignore the fads and are turning to healthier habits as a method for relaxation, distraction and stress-relief throughout their day. You can easily support this trend while meeting your productivity and employee needs. FootGaming is a cost and time effective solution.
A recent survey commissioned by
RealGames™, the Games Division of RealNetworks®,
Inc., suggests that casual games -- played online by about 200
million each month according to the Casual Games Association --
are positively affecting consumer habits and lifestyle choices.
FootPOWR can add beneficial physical activity to casual game
play at work, enhancing the researched value. The
findings are telling:
1. Of the 2,784 survey respondents reportedly watching their weight, 59 percent agree playing casual games provides a positive distraction from snacking and/or overeating, resulting in a reduced likeliness to overindulge.
2. Of the 1,324 survey respondents who reported being smokers, 42 percent agree playing casual games provides a positive distraction from smoking, resulting in a reduced frequency of tobacco use.
3. 8 percent of survey respondents who feel that playing casual games distracts them from eating reported using game play as a means to reduce their food intake.
4. 42 percent of those who feel that playing casual games distracts them from smoking reported using game play as a means to reduce their smoking.
5. Smokers typically play casual games on weekdays after work, before they go to sleep or on the weekends. This is often the time when they may have more freedom to take a smoke break (vs. while at work).
6. Participants most commonly report feeling "relaxed and relieved of stress" after a typical game break during their day. Casual games are the healthier break!
FootGaming can support your workplace wellness goals effectively in both cost and time. FootGaming connects the time employees, managers and executives spend playing casual games at work (and at home) to activity that is easily added to break or lunch schedules.
