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Which offers suit employees: analyses, supplements and support

Reviewed by Dr. Daniel Wallerstorfer, molecular biologist and founder of Novogenia · Updated: 15 October 2026 · Reading time: 9 min

Ask first, then offer

Which health offers do employees actually want? Researchers from Rotterdam studied this in two organizations. 738 employees said which topics they needed and how they would prefer an offer: individually or in a group, as a single session or a series, with assignments or with information. The topic they named most often was physical activity (55%). Most preferred offers organized through their employer. And there were indications that people are more likely to take part when an offer matches their preferences (Rongen et al., BMC Public Health 2014).

For you, this means: ask your team before you put a program together. A short, anonymous survey is enough. Which topics interest you? Would you rather have a talk, a workshop or a one-to-one session? Ask about interests, never about complaints or diagnoses. How to keep surveys truly anonymous is explained in Measuring benefits and impact.

Lifestyle analyses: five everyday topics

Lifestyle analyses form the core of a program. Each report is like a chapter from your own body’s user manual: it shows where your body works differently from the average – and what that means for your daily life. At Novogenia, a gene is included only if it is backed by at least three independent studies. Only non-medical analyses can be offered through partners.

For programs around weight, there is a pointer from our own research: in an internal Novogenia study with 302 people, participants on a gene-based diet lost around 2.4 times more weight than on a standard diet (Explanation of the approach of science). It is an internal study, not a workplace study – but it shows how much potential a strategy that fits your own body can hold.

You will find all reports and their topics on the lifestyle analyses page. If many people on your team are into sports or want to lose weight, the Sports & fitness guide and the Weight management guide go deeper.

Stress and recovery: the most sensitive topic

Stress is the most obvious topic at work – and the trickiest. Whether pressure quickly throws you off balance or leaves you rather cool also depends on your genes. One example is the COMT gene. It helps determine how quickly your brain clears the dopamine and stress hormones released under pressure. If it works slowly, these messengers stay active longer.

Precisely because the topic is so personal, three rules apply at work:

• No labels: nobody is sorted into stress types, and disease risks are not part of the program. It is about stress and recovery – and about what each person can do themselves.
• For the person only: the company does not learn whether someone chose an analysis on stress or what it shows. This matters especially here, because such information could easily be misread as a statement about someone’s resilience.
• Always with support: combine the topic with workshops on sleep, exercise and breaks and with voluntary one-to-one counseling by external professionals.

And here, too: genes are not destiny. If you know your body clears stress hormones more slowly, you can counteract it in a targeted way – with enough sleep, exercise and clear breaks.

Medical analyses: only through a physician

Besides lifestyle analyses, there are medical prevention analyses, for example on cardiovascular predisposition and cholesterol handling, hypertension and salt sensitivity, thrombosis and clotting factors, intolerances such as lactose, celiac disease (gluten) and histamine, or detoxification. These analyses are available only through physicians (Health analysis).

At a company, they are possible only if a company physician with the qualifications national law requires takes responsibility for them – as a voluntary medical service kept separate from occupational health screenings. Apart from the person tested, only the responsible physician sees the result. What this means for the physician’s role is described in The role of the occupational physician. For most programs, lifestyle analyses are enough to make nutrition, exercise and recovery personal.

Switzerland: where lifestyle ends and medicine begins

In Switzerland, the law draws the line between lifestyle and medicine more precisely. Lifestyle analyses there are tests of physiological characteristics whose knowledge can influence a person’s lifestyle – in particular eating behavior, physical activity and general well-being (Art. 37(1) GUMV). Tests that provide information on food intolerances, metabolic disorders or an increased risk of sports injuries, among other things, explicitly belong to the medical field (Art. 37(2) GUMV).

For a program in Switzerland, this means:

• Keep the topics apart: questions about intolerances such as lactose or about injury risk in sports are medical questions there and have no place in a lifestyle program.
• A professional on board: lifestyle analyses are prescribed by an authorized health professional, such as a physician, a pharmacist or a nutritionist (FH). The saliva sample is collected in their presence (Art. 34 GUMG, Art. 40 GUMV).

So plan a Swiss program with such a professional from the very start. The legal details for all three countries are in Law: what employers may and may not do.

Personalized supplements: the private next step

Anyone who wants to go a step further after the report can choose personalized supplements. They are based on around 50 genes, a questionnaire and, on request, blood values; where blood values are available, they take precedence. Each nutrient is dosed between one third and three times the reference intake and never exceeds the tolerable upper intake level set by EFSA. The blend comes in daily sachets; one delivery lasts 90 days. How a genetic profile becomes a formula is explained in From genetic profile to personalized supplements.

At work, this step stays private. A formula reveals what is in the genes. So our recommendation: the formula, the report and the delivery go straight to the person – even if the company contributes to the cost. Build this into your plan from the start.

Longevity: planned, not yet available

And what about longevity – offers around healthy aging? Novogenia’s longevity line is planned for 2026; formulations, quantities and availability may still change before launch. So plan it as a later extension of a program that already works today – not as its foundation.

What is possible today: the basics of exercise, sleep and nutrition that the longevity guide describes in Lifestyle first. How a program with genetic analyses is set up at a company in a legally sound way is shown in the article Corporate health programs with genetic analyses in the same guide.

Formats: from talks to one-to-one counseling

The analysis is one building block. It unfolds its effect in the right setting:

Two practical points to finish. The reports are available in up to 18 languages – good for international teams. And plan the offer for adult employees: for minors, such as apprentices or trainees, Novogenia performs only non-medical analyses and only with the written consent of their legal guardians.

Checklist: does the offer fit your team?

• The team’s interests have been gathered through an anonymous survey – without questions about complaints or diagnoses.
• The program focuses on lifestyle analyses; medical analyses run only through physicians and separate from occupational health screenings.
• The topic of stress is planned with support, without labels and without the company having any insight.
• For Switzerland, intolerances and injury risk are left out, and an authorized health professional is on board.
• Personalized supplements are optional and private; the formula, the report and the delivery go straight to the person.
• Longevity products are planned as a later extension, not as the foundation.
• A talk, workshops and one-to-one counseling accompany the analysis.
• The offer is aimed at adult employees.

Frequently asked questions

Related: Lifestyle analyses at a glance · From genetic profile to personalized supplements · Corporate health in the longevity guide

Note: This guide is general information for businesses and professionals and does not replace medical or legal advice. The genetic traits determined in a genetic analysis are well documented (each gene included is backed by at least three independent studies); recommendations derived from them are logical conclusions, not scientifically proven. Regulations can change; errors and changes excepted.