Wellness and Health Review Essay

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The three websites on wellness and health are quite similar in the nature of the information provided and yet differ in the approach to providing the information.

While two of the three websites provides options for breaking news regarding health and wellness, one of the websites also has scope for reacting to the news in the forms of podcasts and blogs.

The United Healthcare website has detailed news section where the viewer would be able to see the news that is related to health and fitness. The section has news releases that are important to the issues till the present month. Some of the topics that have been listed in the news section include topics like various Medicare plans and their advantages, the lower doctor visit payments for members of the project in North Carolina and other health care programs. The news section however seems to be devoid of other major news that is happening in the rest of world. Hence in that sense, the United Healthcare website does not truly reflect the concept of health news in the website.

The 'Hallmark' website on the other hand has a more detailed news section. The section has news articles, podcasts, blogs, videos and events and conference news and notifications. The articles that are uploaded in the section are somewhat relevant and carry issues that are happening in the world around. For example, the article on failing loyalty programs alerts the viewer about the ill effects of the loyalty programs. The news and articles section has separate sections for the employees, customers and wellness engagement. The wellness engagement section in the news and articles section has several interesting and enriching articles on wellness such as 'Making Healthy Choices IS as Close As Your Desk Drawer" and "Five Trends Shaping Health and Wellness at the Workplace." "

However the Home Depot website does not have any breaking news or news section in the website.

However as a resources center, the websites are quite enriching and informative. All the websites include several common issues and information in these sections are quite vivid and elaborate.

In the United Healthcare website there are several articles that detail and provide a lot of information about nutrition.
There are articles and information regarding issues like 'Dietary Guidelines', 'Are Artificial Sweeteners Healthy?', 'Breakfast is King', 'Breaking Bad Habits', 'Busting Weight Loss Misconceptions', 'Cheering on Canned Foods', 'Confusion on Fats' and 'Do High Protein Diets Cause Weight Loss?'.

These are articles that can provide vital information and direction for the viewers of the website about very important health and fitness issues like weight loss, protein, problems of obesity, importance of breakfast for healthy living and exercising and nutritional values.

One of the more interesting articles is the 'Healing Power of Herbs and Spices' which shows an alternative means of medical and health care. The article offers readers alternative means that can be adopted by them to take care of their health to gain good health.

The Home Depot website has a different approach to provide credible information to the readers. The website pay special attention to providing credible information to the readers about the things that that readers and viewers can do to create for example, a medical payment plan or a why and how to take a second opinion after even having consulted the best doctor. The articles and the subject in the website help readers gather information about how to go about taking decisions with respect of health care. For example, the online surgery decision support helps readers gather information that re critical for deciding about whether to undergo a surgery or what needs to be done to arrive at a decision about a surgery. The employees of the company can gather critical information about the type of health discounts that are available and the assistance programs that can be taken advantage of.

The healthy living section of the website carries sections that tell the readers what to do when they have a flu or what, where and how anti-flu vaccines. The most interesting aspect of the website is the section on financial wellness where a reader can gather credible information about how to manage the financial resources with respect to getting the optimum health care and insurance. The section also details how to manage spending accounts, commuter benefits, creating a financial….....

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