Sit less and move more, urges British Heart Foundation

The British Heart Foundation is today encouraging workers to ‘sit less and stand more’ as part of the ‘On Your Feet Britain’ campaign. Almost half of women (45%) and almost two fifths of men (37%) working in UK offices spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, according to statistics released ahead of the first On Your Feet Britain campaign to get office workers moving more. Lisa Young, physical activity specialist for the British Heart Foundation, explained that “Things like obesity, lack of physical activity, and smoking can all increase people’s risk of heart disease,” she said. “By introducing small, simple opportunities into the workplace, we can encourage people to eat more healthily, be more active, and support them to stop smoking, which can actually help prevent the development of coronary heart disease.” She stressed that the responsibility for an employee’s health and wellbeing was a joint one between the employer and the individual. “From a business perspective, there are rewards for looking after employees’ health and wellbeing as they’ll have a healthier, happier, more productive workforce, which can lead to things like reduced sickness absence and increased productivity, saving businesses huge amounts of money every year.”

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