Lifestyle exercises for employees in the office premises will reduce risk factors of diabetes and heart diseases, says a new study.

During the study, participants lost 5% of their body weight and reduced their waistlines by two inches. The physical activity of the participants increased almost two-fold. At the end of the intervention, 96% of the participants said the programme can be offered at the workplace, and 99% said they would recommend it to their co-workers.
Andrea Kriska from Pitt Public Health’s departement of epidemiology, said, “This current effort in the workplace shows clearly that a proven healthy lifestyle programme to employees is effective in reducing risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.”
The study appeared in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Source-Medindia