DALLAS -- A local business helps companies boost their bottom lines by improving the fitness of their employees.

Mike Nadeau started Elite Wellness three years ago as a way for companies to offer preventive health checks and to coach employees to long-term, better health.

All 800 employees of the Plano medical equipment firm ANS can get checked.

Cindy McBride said the coaching helped her to change eating and exercise habits, resulting in a 55-pound weight loss.

She now takes time before work and lunch to work out at the company gym.

Elite Wellness also tracks the insurance claims paid out by the company before and after working with its employees.

Nadeau said the coaching results in fewer claims.

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