Dakota County Newsletter - Winter/Spring 2014

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Scaling down costs Dakota County is first Minnesota government to reward healthy employee lifestyles — weight, cholesterol, body fat, tobacco, 61% of eligible employees are part

blood pressure, heart rate, glucose 42% of them have high-risk body fat

of wellness plan

index

7% of them use tobacco which is under the national CDC occurance

$12 million projected in savings

Healthy employees are good business


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