Amanda presenting at the Women’s Institute AGM, the Royal Albert Hall
What does What nutrition education in the workplace mean for you and your company?
Well targeted nutrition education in the workplace has been proven to:
- Improve productivity by 1 – 2 per cent
- Reduce absenteeism
- Improve presenteeism
- Reduce sick leave
- Lower company health insurance premiums
- Improve morale
- Boost motivation
- Improve company loyalty
The health of employees has been profoundly affected over the last two to three decades primarily by changes in technology and therefore changes to the business and working environment.
Longer working hours, more stress, less time for breaks and the general increased expectations that employers have of their employees brings with it a very real ability for an individual’s work to profoundly affect their health, and in turn, for their health to profoundly affect their work.
It is increasingly recognised that a fit and healthy workforce can help to improve the health and well being of a business, ultimately impacting on its and its employees future development and success.
What is of particular interest to me, as someone who trained as a nutritionist and dietitian, is how recent research in this area is beginning to help usto understand how well targeted and efficiently implemented nutrition and health promotion interventions at work are able to help to reduce the risk of long term health issues like heart disease and type two diabetes while also helping to optimise day-to-day performance of individuals at work.
Bringing this all down to a much more personal level, bespoke nutritional health tailored to an individual companies needs can, in a nutshell, help people at work to feel more energised and able to focus on the task in hand, be in a better mood, with higher self-esteem and be less stressed.
This can only be a good thing!
I work with companies, delivering a perfectly tailored set of interactions with employees, including nutrition seminars and practical workshops (face-to-face or on-line) for defined personnel from senior management through secretarial and clerical support staff.
This can consist of nine 30-minute modules which are delivered on an agreed basis via one-to-one, group briefings, larger seminars or video on demand.
To reinforce the key learning points, the seminars and workshops are supported by literature, either take-home and / or on-line as preferred.
The subject areas selected are those that deliver the most significant improvements in health and performance in the workplace.
Recent Clients Include:
CH&Co catering company, Reading
SJ BERWIN corporate law company, London
INVESTEC investment bank, London