Have you ever felt pressured at work to eat something that goes against your diet? According to a survey of 325 dieters in Tampa, Florida, some 29% of people on diets say colleagues make fun of their diet or order them restaurant food they know isn’t on their diet...
Motivations, benefits & learnings with workplace wellbeing
Motivations, benefits & learnings that resulted in Fenero establishing a very successful workplace wellbeing initiative. Corporate wellbeing programmes are often considered the preserve of large or highly profitable companies. However small companies and those on...
Workplace wellbeing and the bottom line
In 2014 over 4 million days were lost in Ireland due to absenteeism by small businesses alone. Annually, 11 million days are lost through absenteeism at a cost of €1.5bn. Improving employee wellbeing is in everyone’s best interest from the individual as well as the...
9 tips on work life balance
Work life Balance – how to balance work, training and other commitments to benefit your health - Tips to make healthier choices and creating good habits across food and exercise in a week. It’s important to go easy on yourself when trying to incorporate exercise into...
Healthy eating and productivity. Are they linked?
Most individuals do not consider their productivity levels when snacking at their desk or taking a quick trip to the vending machine. Ron Friedman (2014) of Harvard Business Review states that food has a direct impact on our mental performance, which is why a poor...
Healthy Work, Healthy Staff
When we talk about healthy workplaces a lot of the advice is around changing menus in staff restaurants or launching big exercise programs in the grounds but what if your workplace restaurant is a tiny kitchen out the back and the grounds consist of the two available...
How can employers help staff to get to or stay at a healthy weight
Whether we like it or not, obesity is a reality for many workplaces and the impact it has on staff – both personally and productively – is huge. Obesity rates are climbing in Ireland and with it heart disease, diabetes, back and joint problems and even issues with...
Overweight and obesity
Overweight and obesity are both names for weight ranges greater than what is healthy for a given height. These conditions of excess weight normally result from a sustained energy imbalance i.e. you eat more calories than you burn off through exercise.Why should we be...