For the 5th time in as many months ACC has conducted training to some
of the Public Bank employees from various departments. The Healthy
Lifestyle Program (HLP) which covers all the NEWSTART concepts is a
whole day program designed specially for working population to improve
their health status and enhance work productivity in companies. This
is a new approach being introduced to companies to teach their
employees how to prevent falling sick whereas traditionally an
employees will fall sick then only the employer will take care of
them.
The most recent of the five visits to Public bank comprised employees
from the clerical/cashier & Officers’ department, from various
branches across the country. Over the course of one week, the ACC
Health team conducted the program for 62 employees. The program
started at 9am with the participants filling a health questioner to
evaluate their lifestyle. Thereafter participants went through a
series of health screening and blood tests before completing a
3-minute fitness test. About mid-morning the program went into lecture
time until lunch break. The lectures were fitted with sessions of
interaction discussions and activities to make them interesting and
beneficial to the participants. A cooking class was conducted just
after lunch with four recipes unmistakably enjoyed by all.
To culminate the lectures a painstaking interpretation of results was
done. Here participants can refer to their computer generated results
based on the screenings done in the morning. Questions are asked and
the doctor responds to all the questions, giving advice and
recommendations for improving health status. At about 4:30pm the
atmosphere was still alight with excitement as participants were
discovering some valuable keys to improve their health. But as the
saying goes, “what soar must land”, it was time for the eagle to perch
on a high note. After completing the evaluation, the participants were
ready for Charobix exercise. The sweating and the muscle aches were
not good reason to stop the eager employees from enjoying the exercise
to the last step.
As the clock ticked 5pm the program was wrapped with unquestionable
satisfaction. According to the evaluation, majority of the
participants did not only enjoy the program but they benefited
greatly. As to the question whether this program should be conducted
again, the answers were unanimous in the positive.
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Group Picture with 1 of the classes (4 Years) |
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Healthy Cooking Demo by Rose & Osward |
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CHAROBIX Time!
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The happy participants at the end of the session |
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