Health by Design

11/08/2025

Mindfulness Monday tip - Focus on the texture and flavour of your food.

Place the food on your tongue, notice the response of your salivary glands. Take a bite and be aware of the texture on your tongue and the sounds in your mouth. Notice how the texture of the food changes as you slowly chew.

04/08/2025

Embrace the present with mindfulness! Research suggests that mindfulness can help you become calmer, be more productive and move towards a healthier headspace.

Starting this week, we will provide simple ways to be more mindful. Mindfulness can help you boost your mental wellbeing and overall health.

Give it a try at work or at home - five minutes is all you need.

23/07/2025

Through years of experience, extensive behavioural research, trial and error and by building a diverse team of allied health professionals, we continue to set the benchmark in workforce health management.

Ask us how we do it and how we can assist your organisation.

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21/07/2025

Workplace health promotion strategies continue to evolve. But are the ideas really changing, or are we just throwing new tools at old problems? For many employers the problem lies not within their specifically chosen vendor or this year’s ‘beta version’ of their favourite tool, but rather in the structure of their approach in general.

Program pieces are not implemented with a strong strategic process or alignment. Instead, many programs have strong start points and end points but lack considerable consistency and strategy to help people navigate the area in between. Unfortunately, it’s that ‘in between’ where people’s behavioural journey evolves.

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Workplace health promotion strategies continue to evolve. But are the ideas really changing, or are we just throwing new tools at old problems? For many employers the problem lies not within their specifically chosen vendor or this year’s ‘beta version’ of their favourite tool, but rather in t...

17/07/2025

Learn the signs during National Diabetes Week (13th - 19th July).

Many people with type 2 diabetes have no symptoms. As type 2 diabetes is commonly (but not always) diagnosed at a later age, sometimes signs are dismissed as a part of ‘getting older’. In some cases, by the time type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the long-term complications of diabetes may already be present.

Know the symptoms to look out for during National Diabetes week.

14/07/2025

Check in with your heart during National Diabetes Week (13th - 19th July).

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, killing one Australian every 12 minutes.

People living with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop heart disease in their lifetime, making it a very serious issue, and one that we should be talking more about. So have a heart-to-heart with those close to you, as well as your doctor, to manage your diabetes and heart health.

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Type 2 diabetes can have a vital impact on your heart health. Learn how to look after your heart with Diabetes Australia's Take Diabetes 2 Heart campaign.

10/07/2025

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07/07/2025

Three ways Health by Design are positively changing workforce health, safety and wellbeing.

1. Engagement - We’re well regarded for our industry high engagement levels, which sit at 85% total workforce engagement, compared to an industry average of less than 30%.

2. Innovation - While the message, ‘the what’, itself is important, it is the delivery (‘the how’) that is becoming the key to achieving positive outcomes.

3. Sustained Behaviour Change - The foundation of our programs and services is based on the Prochaska Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change. This model moves individuals through five key stages, with the ultimate goal of obtaining long term, sustained health results.

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03/07/2025

While raising awareness for Dry July is definitely its own reason to consider staying sober for the next month, there are many other benefits as to why you might consider abstaining from alcohol.

01/07/2025

Dry July is a fundraiser event that challenges you to go alcohol-free for a month to raise funds for people affected by cancer.

As well as being a worthy charitable event, having a month off alcohol also has great health benefits. This includes sleeping better, having more energy and of course, no hangovers! So you’re not only helping others, you’re helping yourself. It’s a win-win!

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26/06/2025

2020 was the year that 'virtual' truly took off. In 2025, we are continuing to offer online services to help keep your workforce engaged and motivated, wherever they are.

At Health by Design, we have leveraged the knowledge that we have gained from our industry leading engagement results to develop virtual services and resources that continue to be engaging and impactful on the health risk areas of employees.

Many of our popular services have been redesigned for the virtual world, so our clients can still enjoy and participant in them. This includes health assessments, workshops, coaching and ergonomic reviews.

High engagement, high impact capacity.
That's the Health by Design difference.

23/06/2025

As July rolls around, thousands of Australians are going alcohol-free to raise money for those affected by cancer. Those 30 days can be a strong test of willpower, in what can sometimes feel like an impossible task of not consuming any alcohol.

While raising awareness for Dry July is its own reason to consider staying sober for the next month, there are many other benefits as to why you might consider abstaining from alcohol.

Cutting back on drinking is shown to have a myriad of health benefits on your body, giving your organs a well-needed break from alcohol consumption. The biggest benefit is liver relief, as alcohol contributes to both a buildup of fat in the liver as well as tissue scarring. The good news is the liver is incredibly tolerant, and when you stop drinking, alcohol-related damage is reversed and improvements are seen in a matter of weeks.

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