Unhealthy Lifestyles And Obesity Lead To Higher Levels Of Productivity Losses In The Workplace

Unhealthy Lifestyles And Obesity Lead To Higher Levels Of Productivity Losses In The Workplace.
People who attack in dangerous habits such as smoking, eating a straitened diet and not getting enough exercise turn out to be less productive on the job, new Dutch examine shows. Unhealthy lifestyle choices also appear to translate into a greater need for sick leave and longer periods of term off from work when sick leave is taken, the study reveals. The determination is reported in the Sept 28, 2010 online edition of the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. "More than 10 percent of wretched leave and the higher levels of productivity loss at form may be attributed to lifestyle behaviors and obesity," Alex Burdorf, of the department of public health at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues illustrious in a news release from the journal's publisher.

Between 2005 and 2009, Burdorf and his associates surveyed more than 10,600 relatives who worked for 49 opposite companies in the Netherlands. Participants were asked to discuss both lifestyle and work habits, rating their put through productivity on a scale of 0 to 10, while offering information about their weight, height, health history and the add of days they had to call in sick during the prior year.

The investigators found that 56 percent of those polled had captivated off at least one day in the preceding year because of poor health. Being obese, smoking, and having unproductive diet and exercise habits were contributing factors in just over 10 percent of sick check out occurrences. In particular, obese workers were 66 percent more likely to call in neurotic for 10 to 24 days than normal weight employees, and 55 percent more likely to be effective time off for 25 days or more, the study noted.