Workplaces really are making us fat, sick, and unfit

After decades of complaining that office life is sending you to an early grave, unwell employees finally have some evidence to back up the claim — work really is making you sick.

A major survey has found Irish workplaces are contributing to weight gain, poor diets, a lack of fitness, and related health conditions linked due to a long-term failure to focus on their employees’ wellbeing.

Details revealed by the Nutrition and Health Foundation to coincide with government-backed plans for a workplace wellbeing day next year show that, despite the benefits of keeping employees in good shape, most firms are ignoring the approach.