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Putting the ZEST
Back in Britain
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UK Economy 2013
Predicted growth 0.6%?
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UK: Ranked 3rd out of 27
for longest hours worked
in Europe per week
Source: ONS
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Average hours worked per week
Source: ONS
Austria 43.7
Greece 43.7
UK 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 136.5
Belgium 134.7
France 132.7
Germany 123.7
Denmark 119.2
Sweden 115.5
UK 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 Foundation
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Why?
“The UK’s labour productivity still
lags some way behind many
other leading
European Countries”
Source: The Work Foundation
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Why?
“The British Workforce is NOT
healthy enough to drive the
improvements in
productivity that the
UK needs”
Source: The Work Foundation
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Where did it all go wrong?
1 in 4 of us are now obese
Source: British Heart Foundation
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Less than 30%
of men and women eat their
5 portions of fruit and veg a day
Source: British Heart Foundation
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Diagnosed cases of diabetes
Have reached record highs
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And could potentially bankrupt
the NHS in one generation!
R.I.P.
Source: Diabetes UK
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Every LB we are overweight
Source: Diabetes UK
We increase our risk
of Diabetes by
4%
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34% of us
Skip breakfast
Source: Kraft
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Men are worse than women
Source: Great British Sleep Survey
They increase their risk
of diabetes by
21%!www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb
Only 20%
of us do enough exercise
to be healthy
Source: British Heart Foundation
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UK: 3rd laziest country in Europe
Source: The Lancet July 2012
Malta
Serbia
United Kingdom3rd
2nd
1st
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Humans are designed to walk
4 – 5 miles a day
(10,000 steps)
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40% of cancers
are lifestyle related
Source: Cancer Research UK
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52% of us
have problems with sleep
Source: Great British Sleep Survey
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We’re getting
45 minutes less
sleep than 25 years ago
Source: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working – Tony Schwartz
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47% of us
have problems with energy
Source: Great British Sleep Survey
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72% of us
have problems with focusing
on ONE thing at a time
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75% of us
are dehydrated
we don’t drink enough water!
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Distractions can cost us
up to 20 minutes
of our time
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+ + + + +
+ + +
Working more than 10 hours a day
increases 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 leave
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Many surviving on
Source: All Party Parliamentary Group report – Giving Britain a Break
just 2 weeks!
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YOUR ECONOMY
NEEDS YOU!
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If we do nothing
UK
Otherleading
Europeancountries
EmergingMarkets
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THE FORMULA
+
=
HEALTHY:
PEOPLE
PERFORMANCE
PROFITS
ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY
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The 6 things
You 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
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Together we can put the
GREAT
back in Britain
and the
UNITED
back in Kingdom
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and the
ZEST
back into British business!
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We just need to make
healthier lifestyle
choices!
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So that we can
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
as individuals and as a nation!
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Rachel McGuinness
The Chief Resilience Officer
www.zestlifestyle.com
@zestlifestyle Rachel McGuinness Zestlifestyle
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Putting the ZEST Back in Britain