Deer Oaks EAP Services, the City’s Employee Assistance Plan provider, provides monthly newsletters with helpful resources for employees. Here are the October 2014 issues.

October 2014 EAP Employee Newsletter (PDF)

• Drug abuse and addiction
• Healthy snacking for kids
• Financially helping adult children
• And more…

October 2014 EAP Supervisor Newsletter (PDF)

• Quiz staff the right way
• Maximize productivity
• EAP Q&A

Here’s a tip: Get up and get active. Physical fitness may buffer some of the adverse health effects of too much sitting such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, according to a study by researchers from the American Cancer Society, The Cooper Institute, and the University of Texas. The study was in the journal Mayo Clinic
Proceedings.