1. Diet

Many people view their health in terms of how much they weigh. Although a healthy lifestyle can definitely help you manage your weight, there are numerous benefits that extend well past appearance. A healthy lifestyle can promote overall health as well as reduce the risk of such chronic diseases as some forms of cancer, stroke, heart disease, and diabetes.

About one in every 11 deaths is linked to having excessive amounts of fat. Your employees can be educated by encouraging that they check their weight in the workplace on a regular basis and by offering suggestions on the benefits of losing weight and on how to lose weight.

Healthy Performance provides on-site health checks that will inform your employees of their body fat percentage if they are at a healthy weight, and whether or not they are a risk of any serious health issues like certain cancers, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. If they need to lose weight, our healthcare assessors can provide your employees with actionable advice that can be immediately implemented.

2. Promote less drinking

Many employees do not realize that drinking more alcohol on a regular basis beyond what is recommended and can result in a number of different long-term health issues, including heart attacks, strokes, and cancers. For example, it is three times more likely for men who drink more than three or four alcoholic units regularly to suffer a stroke. The Calorie Counter and Drink Aware Unit can be used by employees to measure their drinking levels, and also get information on where they can get assistance. The press has done a good job of promoting alcohol-free back to back days. This powerful message can be communicated inside your workplace. You can get more information from Drinkaware's Drink Free Days campaign.

To educate employees on the benefits offered by drinking less, we operate a Beer Google workshop. This is a very interactive and informative way to replicate the effects of excessive drinking. Quite often we hold the workshop along with other workshops like health and wellbeing and alcohol awareness taster sessions and we hold them during companies' health and wellbeing weeks when a new well-being and health program is being launched, or around Alcohol Awareness Week or other key calendar dates.

3. Exercise on a regular basis

If you are looking for a miracle cure, here it is. It will help to reduce the risk of major illnesses of your employees by as much as 50% and reduce the risk of early death by as much as 30%. Also, it is easy, free, and has an immediate impact.

Exercise offers many more benefits other than just weight loss. Exercising will still provide you with health benefits even if you happen to be slim. According to research, physical activity also can boost energy, sleep quality, mood, and self-esteem, in addition to reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression, and stress.

To encourage employees to exercise, consider promoting a cycle to work plan, holding yoga sessions, using the stairs for one month, and introducing monthly challenges into your workplace.

Various levels of workshops are run by the Health Performance team since not everyone is a marathon runner. However, we run workshops for that as well. If you are unsure what your benchmark levels should be, we frequently introduce MyWellbeingCheck, our online lifestyle assessment tool. It provides your employees with a personal dashboard and also offers a company-wide report that highlights hotspots. It makes it ideal for taking on health and wellbeing cost-effectively, efficiently, and proactively. 

4. Eat five per day

Vegetables and fruit are an important component of a balanced diet that can help your employees maintain their health. This five per day message stresses the health benefits that can be enjoyed by consuming five portions of vegetables and fruits on a daily basis. Usually, vegetables and fruits are also low in calories and fat (as long as they are not roasted or fried in lots of oil). This is we consuming them can help maintain a healthy heart and level of weight.

The nutrition and diet workshop run by Healthy Performance covers subjects like eating to perform, weight management, food labeling, energy levels, and a lot more. We employ interactive methods throughout our sessions to encourage employees to eat in moderation and take a balanced approach.

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5. Eat less fat and salt

Extensive research has shown that excessive at and salt in our diets is one of the main causes of such chronic illnesses as diabetes, stroke, and heart disease.

A small amount of salt is needed by our bodies to survive. However, findings have shown that the amount that most employees consume is much more than what they need. When you consume too much salt it can cause high blood pressure which can lead to having a stroke or developing heart disease.

Almost two-thirds of UK employees have diets with excessive amounts of saturated fat, which puts them at an increased risk of stroke and heart disease. Action on Salt has useful tips on how to cut your salt levels. There is great advice on how to cut back on fat at Change 4 Life.