How a company’s most important asset i.e. worker's health impact the business. A healthy employee brings the positive change to business.

1. Healthy Employee
Healthy Business
Chandan Gupta

2. Problem
• A company’s most important asset is its people or workers.
• Worker face serious health concerns due to inactive and
sedentary lifestyles.
• it’s increasingly being recognized that an unhealthy workforce
is not beneficial to employers too.
• Given the increasing competition and rapidly changing
lifestyle, there is greater need for activities to maintain the
good health of employees.
• About 96 per cent of companies in India feel health and
productivity (H&P) play a moderate to essential role in their
health strategy, according to a report called “Staying@Work”
by Towers Watson.

4. Percent of Working Adults with
Major (Preventable) Risk Factors
• Poor Nutrition – 71%
• Little or no Exercise – 63%
• Stressed – 61%
• Cholesterol – 54%
• Back Care – 44%
• Driving related (seat belt use, speeding, DUI, texting/cell
phone)– 32%
• Smoking – 22%
• High Blood Pressure – 21%
• Alcohol Use – 16%

6. Cost of being unhealthy

7. Cost to Employee

8. Cost to Employer

10. Quiz time
1. Any four nutrients women needs most
2. How much water should we drink a day?
3. How much hours of walk per day cuts the risk of heart attack by
half?
4. What is the BMI for category ‘Healthy Weight Range’ ?
5. How much hours (at least) of sleep are recommended daily?

11. • Nutrients required most by a woman
• IRON ( boosts energy level, prevents anemia)
• Calcium ( maintains blood pressure)
• Folate (lowers risk of breast cancer, required in pregnancy)
• Vitamin B12 (fights fatigue)
• Vitamin B6 (regulates mood, appetite)
• Vitamin D3 (strengthen bones and muscles)
• Drink at least 2 ltrs of water a day.
• Walk or physical exercise for at least 30 mins a day makes a big
difference.
• 18.5 -25 is BMI range for ‘Healthy Weight Range’.
• 7-9 hours sleeps is good for health.

13. Solution - Healthy lifestyle
• Employee’s role:
• Eat healthy
• Exercise daily
• Being emotionally healthy
• Regular medical checkups
• Employer’s role:
• Healthy workplace Activities
• Provide Incentives for healthy behavior

14. Eat Healthy
• Drink more water
• Less junk
• Eat fruits and veggies
• Eat well throughout the day

15. EXERCISE DAILY
• It helps you lose weight and gain confidence.
• Exercising boosts your immune system too; even a change as minor
as walking briskly for 20-30 minutes a day, five days a week can
improve your immune system by increasing both your antibody and
T-killer cell response.
• Take the little opportunities.
• Park a bit farther away from work, the mall entrance, or the grocery
store.
• Use public transport.
• Take the stairs
• Bike to work or the local coffee shop

16. Healthy workplace Activities
• “be smoke-free” Program
• Healthy You! promotion
• Eat Healthy Challenge
• be healthy! Challenge
• Be stress-free environment
• Medical checkups for employees

17. Thankyou