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The evolution over time of health promotion and exercise programs in businesses (Master thesis)

Μαλαβάζου, Χριστίνα/ Malavazou, Christina

The implementation of health and physical exercise programs in the workplace is a policy that has been successfully implemented for decades in many companies, large and small, in many countries around the world. The success of the above programs is reflected both in the improvement of the health indicators of the employees, but also in the increase in the productivity and profits of the companies that implement similar programs. Nevertheless, the form and variety of actions implemented in the context of health promotion in the workplace vary and show significant differences over time. The purpose of the thesis was to analyse the evolution of health promotion programs in the workplace in relation to time, to make them even more effective and beneficial, both for employees and for businesses, as well as to describe their form today. An extensive bibliographic review was carried out in the above thematic field, in digital and other sources with the aim of the best possible description and analysis of what prevai