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Exercising during lunch break for fighting obesity

Encouraging physical activity in the workplace will lead to having more productive employees

06-Jun-2019

Key points from article :

Roughly 2/3 of people in the UK are either obese or overweight.

15.4 million working days were lost to stress, depression and anxiety in 2017-18.

Employees should be offered subsidised gym memberships for attending yoga or spinning classes.

Employers should provide offices with adequate bike storage, changing facilities.

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Gillian Leng

Deputy Chief Executive at NICE.

Helen Stokes-Lampard

Chairman at Royal College of General Practitioners

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

This institution provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Sedentary Behaviour, Exercise