Running head: BUSINESS PLAN FOR MOBILE WELLNESS AND NUTRITION

Melanie Albertson, Gabriella Alvarado, Jane Barnes, Samantha Bowdren, Hannah Lyon,
Courtney Nyetrae, Sue Stapleton, Pamela Vargas and Chloe Ventura
PPE 310
Dr. William Hesse
November 8, 2016

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Mobile Wellness and Nutrition Business Plan

The mission of our company, Mobile Wellness and Nutrition is to help promote a healthy
lifestyle to busy families, professionals, and organizational teams. We seek to support the unique
individual needs of each client. We have a fleet of mobile food and exercise trucks that can come
to your site and provide your company with a variety of services and support. We can schedule
wellness talks, nutrition counseling (individual or small group), meal planning and preparation,
health screenings and even coordinate workplace group fitness activities. Our team of wellness
coaches each specializes in a different area to provide a spectrum of services.
We will empower your business and facilitate helping you change the nutritional and exercise
landscape of your workplace. The ultimate goal is to promote a healthy and active programs with
a holistic approach to enhance your workplace community.
Melanie - Social
Social health in the workplace is something to be taken very seriously. An important aspect of
work is a social dimension (Gaspari, 2013). In fact, research suggests that the most productive
and satisfied work groups are characterized by positive, respectful, and collaborative
relationships, and where positive social processes and emotionally safe climates foster creativity,
innovation, and service excellence (Gaspari, 2013). One idea to bring employees together is to
have a Sunday Funday - the whole group gets together on a Sunday afternoon and does
something fun together, for example, goes bowling. An activity like that would get the group
together outside of the workplace to have fun and socialize.
Samantha - Emotional

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Each component of health and wellness are vital to creating lasting and meaningful change in
your life and the lives of your coworkers or employees. Your emotional wellbeing is equal in it is
importance to your health habits. One remarkable way to check in with your emotional self is
through meditation - which can be done right in your office. Meditating is low-risk, completely
free, and a safe way of dealing with work stress (Manocha, Black, Sarris, & Stough, 2011).
Through mindful meditation techniques that we can teach at this meeting, you and the members
of your company will be able to enhance the emotional aspects of their health and reach a more
holistic level of wellness.
Gabriella - Physical
Getting yourself to change into a healthy lifestyle by getting physically active is going to be the
best way to kick start your healthy change. Just by going on a walk once a day can help you out
in a matter of time. I suggest having your workplace getting something together like either a
workout class such as Zumba class, Yoga or even cardio classes. This will be provided either in
the morning and or afternoon. This will help everyone be able to get each other in shape, and
they can do it together which also gets people going. During this meeting, we will get up and do
a Zumba class to get people an understanding of what a Zumba class is all about. It will be a fun
dancing/active class.
Courtney - Intellectual
When you are dedicated to a particular job, it can hard to remain interested and intellectually
stimulated. You show up day in and day out to do the same thing, and it can be taxing on your
mental well-being. According to Business Wire, 18.5% of people find that intellectual
stimulation is the most important aspect of their job (New Research, 2013). To put that in
perspective, reasons like money, location, job security, and work-life balance all scored lower

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than intellectual stimulation. In our talks, we will discuss some ways to keep your interest up and
you on your best game. Whether it be connecting you to a podcast that supports your interests,
finding work-related training to expand your knowledge, or helping you get back into school, we
will get you inspired.
Hannah - Spiritual
Making healthy changes aid the spirit just as much as physical wellbeing. Our talks about eating
right and living a healthy lifestyle will help create a happy state of mind. Yoga and stretching are
about spiritual well-being. Stretching and yoga help a person to center the mind and make a
deeper connection to the mind and spirit. Sincere spiritual investigation is a journey to your
center (MacGregor, 2013) and stretching helps a person achieve that. At home stretching and
light yoga will be a practice that can help a person find a more spiritual self.

Pamela - Inclusive Physical Activity

When it comes to business meetings, its difficult to estimate how long a meeting might last,
especially if the topic is one that requires a lot of discussions. To integrate physical activity into a
business meeting setting, one modification that could help employees incorporate in physical
activity while at a meeting is the use of exercise balls rather than a regular chair. Studies have
shown that a reduction in physical activity also leads to a decrease in ones attention span
(Trawick-Smith 2015, p. 344), and the only we can increase the attention span is by
incorporating exercise, even its as small as getting a cup of coffee (Goulding, 2016). These
chairs will not only help people keep moving during meetings, but it will also help people with
special needs. For example, people with ADHD need to keep moving, so the exercise will keep
the moving, which will allow them to focus better on the meetings.

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Jane did not participate

Chloe Sample Meeting Agenda

Meeting Agenda:
8:00- Welcome/Meeting will begin
8:05-8:15- Talk about what it means to be healthy/ways to stay healthy
8:15-8:25- Group share of favorite stretches/exercises that can be easily done at home
8:25-8:45- Group physical activity: The group will get up and go through practicing some of the
exercises that were talked about in the group share.
8:45-8:50- Water break
8:50-9:15- Information about eating healthy/nutrition
9:15-9:35- Pass out cookbook/healthy recipe ideas and move the group into our mobile truck. We
will then use tools and materials provided to cook a healthy meal together to show the group how
quick and easy some of these meals can be.
9:35-9:45- Present group with an example of a healthy lifestyle plan
9:45-10:00- Have individuals come up with a plan of their own that they can start implementing
TODAY!
10:00- End of meeting
**Throughout the meeting healthy snacks and drinks will be provided**
Sue Facilitator & Insurance Section
Wellness programs have become fundamentally essential parts of benefits plans in many large
organizations. One of the most well-known companies that support wellness programs is Google.
They offer their employees on-site physicians and nurses, nutritious food options, nap pods and

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complementary fitness centers, among other perks. These initiatives are not exclusive to the likes
of Silicon Valley giantsmore than two-thirds of U.S. employers offer them as part of their
benefits packages (Valet, 2015). These programs also have benefits to promoting a positive
culture within their organizations and can assist in being a change agent for fighting chronic
diseases.
Sues responsibility was to facilitate discussion board communications, development of the
shared Google Document, and creating our final submission.

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Collage of Items that could enhance a workplace

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References

Gaspari, J. (2013, October 1). Social Health in the Workplace. Retrieved November 8, 2016,
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Goulding, C. (n.d.). 7 Tips To Improve Your Attention Span And Focus Instantly. Retrieved
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MacGregor, K. (2013). Why Yoga Is A Spiritual Practice. Retrieved November 07, 2016, from
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Manocha, R., Black, D., Sarris, J., & Stough, C. (2011). A randomized, controlled trial of
meditation for work stress, anxiety, and depressed mood in full-time workers. Evidence
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New Research Shows What Really Leads to Happiness in the Workplace. (2013). Retrieved
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Trawick-Smith, J. (2014). Early Childhood Development, 6th Edition. [Bookshelf Online].
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Valet, V. (08-07-15). More Than Two-Thirds Of U.S. Employers Currently Offer Wellness
Programs, Study Says. Retrieved from
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Link to our shared Google Document which was the platform that we used for collaboration:
https://docs.google.com/a/asu.edu/document/d/1xKqAbsZLnTnMq5OpfFhnsxpwboKVbXzxQ3
D4gJkXUP0/edit?usp=sharing