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Why turning up to work could make you healthy
Say goodbye to using the lift, forget munching biscuits at business meetings and don't even think about nipping out of the office for a pub lunch. Instead get ready for a new era of lunchtime walks, offering clients sliced apple and having a spot of massage at your desk to relieve stress.
These are some of the changes to the habits of Britain's 30 million employees that the Government hopes will help make the country fitter, healthier and less obese. A new Department of Health-funded 'workplace wellness' campaign wants offices, factories and call centres to become bastions of healthy living.
Under the scheme, called Well@Work, workers are being offered up to £200 to do 'alternative therapy' courses, encouraged to learn how to stretch and asked to pedal rather than drive in to work. About 8,500 employees are already taking part in a two-year research study, involving nine pilot projects across England, which will form the basis of new government guidelines on using work time to take part in healthy activities.
