Employers ‘urged to fight obesity’
Employers are being called on to help tackle the problem of obesity in the workplace amid rising levels of the condition in the UK.
National Obesity week saw experts advising employers to make relatively simple changes to the work environment which would boost productivity, as well as promoting weight loss.
It was explained that removing soft drink machines and making healthy food options available in staff canteens are examples of such changes.
Dr Colin Waine, who chaired the National Obesity Forum for three years, said: "Bigger organisations can also consider introducing workplace activities to assist staff."
Recent figures indicated that obesity levels in the UK have trebled since the 1970s and 25 per cent of the population is now clinically obese.
Elsewhere, it was recently reported that a high-fat diet during pregnancy could cause obesity in early life.
Dr Ian Campbell, medical director of the charity Weight Concern, said: "We are not just ‘what we eat’; we are also to some extent ‘what our mothers eat’."
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