In 2017, four members of the team behind the Incidental Economist blog published an extensive assessment of wellness programs and the evidence of their effectiveness. The title of the paper speaks for itself: “The Dubious Empirical and Legal Foundations of Workplace Wellness Programs.”13 They declared that most studies on the efficacy of the programs suffered “serious methodological shortcomings. Some are little more than thinly veiled promotional materials pulled together at the wellness industry’s behest.”
