putting the zest back in britain
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Is the health of our economy and the health of our nation linked? I want to inspire businesses to help their workforces adopt healthier lifestyles so that as a nation we can perform better in the global market place. Let's put the Zest Back in Britain and British Business.TRANSCRIPT
Putting the ZESTBack in Britain
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UK Economy 2013
Predicted growth 0.6%?
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UK: Ranked 3rd out of 27for longest hours worked
in Europe per week
Source: ONSwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Average hours worked per week
Source: ONS
Austria 43.7Greece 43.7UK 42.7 (3rd)
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BUT, are we more productive?
NO!
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Productivity Index Per Hour
Source: ONS, Eurostat
Netherlands 136.5Belgium 134.7France 132.7Germany 123.7Denmark 119.2Sweden 115.5UK 107.2 (12th)
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In 2010, this report predicted that the UK would be slower to come out recession than some of its European counterparts
Source: The Work Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Why?“The UK’s labour productivity still lags some way behind many other leading European Countries”
Source: The Work Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Why?“The British Workforce is NOT healthy enough to drive the improvements in productivity that the UK needs”
Source: The Work Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Where did it all go wrong?
1 in 4 of us are now obese
Source: British Heart Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Less than 30% of men and women eat their
5 portions of fruit and veg a day
Source: British Heart Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Diagnosed cases of diabetesHave reached record highs
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And could potentially bankruptthe NHS in one generation!
R.I.P. Source: Diabetes UKwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Every LB we are overweight
Source: Diabetes UK
We increase our riskof Diabetes by
4% www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
34% of usSkip breakfast
Source: Kraftwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Men are worse than women
Source: Great British Sleep Survey
They increase their riskof diabetes by
21%!www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Only 20% of us do enough exercise
to be healthy
Source: British Heart Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
UK: 3rd laziest country in Europe
Source: The Lancet July 2012
MaltaSerbia
United Kingdom3rd
2nd
1st
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Humans are designed to walk4 – 5 miles a day
(10,000 steps)
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40% of cancersare lifestyle related
Source: Cancer Research UKwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
52% of ushave problems with sleep
Source: Great British Sleep Surveywww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
We’re getting45 minutes less
sleep than 25 years ago
Source: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working – Tony Schwartzwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
47% of ushave problems with energy
Source: Great British Sleep Surveywww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
72% of ushave problems with focusing
on ONE thing at a time
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75% of usare dehydrated
we don’t drink enough water!
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Distractions can cost usup to 20 minutes
of our time
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Working more than 10 hours a dayincreases your risk of
heart disease
+Source: European heart Journal
By 60%!
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Only 49% of us
Source: All Party Parliamentary Group report – Giving Britain a Break
Take their full entitlement
of annual leavewww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Many surviving on
Source: All Party Parliamentary Group report – Giving Britain a Break
just 2 weeks!
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YOUR ECONOMY
NEEDS YOU!www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
If we do nothing
UK O
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lead
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Euro
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cou
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Emer
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Mar
kets
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THE FORMULA
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=HEALTHY:PEOPLEPERFORMANCEPROFITS
ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY
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The 6 thingsYou need to
know…
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SLEEP
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DIET
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EXERCISE
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SWITCH OFF
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FOCUS
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RESILIENCE
6www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Together we can put the GREAT
back in Britainand theUNITED
back in Kingdom
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and theZEST
back into British business!
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We just need to make
healthier lifestyle choices!
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So that we canLIVE LONG AND
PROSPERas individuals and as a
nation!
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Rachel McGuinnessThe Chief Resilience Officer
www.zestlifestyle.com@zestlifestyle Rachel McGuinness Zestlifestyle
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