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Campbell Soup Co. has been honored by the National Business Group on Health as one of the nation's leading corporations for innovative programs promoting a healthy workplace and for helping its employees and their families to make better choices about their own health and well-being.

Campbell was among 63 employers that received the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award at the Joint Summit of the Institutes on Health Care Costs and Solutions & the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity. Campbell received a Platinum Award for its programs encouraging employees to "Take Charge and Invest in Their Health." Platinum awards recognize companies that have established programs with measurable outcomes. This is the third year Campbell has received an award.

"We are extremely proud to be recognized for our commitment to providing a healthy workplace and to improving our employees' health and well-being," said Nancy Reardon, chief human resources and communications officer, Campbell Soup Co. in a prepared statement. "Campbell has steadily increased its focus on health and wellness both in the marketplace with our healthy products and in the workplace with programs designed to improve the well being of all of our employees. This award is recognition of the hard work and investment we have made in our programs. Our focus on wellness demonstrates how Campbell brings its mission of 'Together we will build the world's most extraordinary food company by nourishing people's lives everywhere, every day' to life."

Campbell offers a comprehensive, integrated approach to promoting healthy lifestyles through benefit design, worksite wellness and creating a culture of wellness. The company provides a broad range of services, including: medical decision support, traveling health station tours, Your Life Resources (a confidential service managed by Aetna to help employees and their families balance the demands of work, life and personal issues), an employee recognition award that rewards employees who have made and sustained healthy lifestyle choices, health risk appraisal, lifestyle management coaching, worksite wellness, smoking cessation, preventive care coverage, nurselines and disease management.

"As one of 63 companies recognized this year for their employee health and wellness programs, Campbell is at the vanguard of a national movement to promote a system-wide culture of health emphasizing prevention, exercise and eating right," said Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health. "More than ever, a healthy workforce is critical to helping America's large employers compete in the global marketplace. Campbell is to be applauded for making health and wellness an integral part of their workplace."

Now in its fifth year, the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards recognize those employers that have truly embraced a culture of wellness and are working collaboratively to improve their workers' health, productivity and quality of life. The underlying goal of the program is to serve as a catalyst to encourage all employers to take action.

Winners of the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards were honored in one of three categories: Platinum, for established programs with measurable outcomes; Gold, for creating cultural and environmental changes that support employees who have made a commitment to long-term behavior changes; and Silver, for those employers who have launched significant programs or services to promote living a healthier lifestyle.