Putting the ZEST Back in Britain

Putting the ZESTBack in Britain

www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

UK Economy 2013

Predicted growth 0.6%?


UK: Ranked 3rd out of 27for longest hours worked

in Europe per week

Source: ONSwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Average hours worked per week

Source: ONS

Austria 43.7Greece 43.7UK 42.7 (3rd)


BUT, are we more productive?

NO!


Productivity Index Per Hour

Source: ONS, Eurostat

Netherlands 136.5Belgium 134.7France 132.7Germany 123.7Denmark 119.2Sweden 115.5UK 107.2 (12th)


In 2010, this report predicted that the UK would be slower to come out recession than some of its European counterparts

Source: The Work Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Why?“The UK’s labour productivity still lags some way behind many other leading European Countries”


Why?“The British Workforce is NOT healthy enough to drive the improvements in productivity that the UK needs”


Where did it all go wrong?

1 in 4 of us are now obese

Source: British Heart Foundationwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Less than 30% of men and women eat their

5 portions of fruit and veg a day


Diagnosed cases of diabetesHave reached record highs


And could potentially bankruptthe NHS in one generation!

R.I.P. Source: Diabetes UKwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Every LB we are overweight

Source: Diabetes UK

We increase our riskof Diabetes by

4% www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

34% of usSkip breakfast

Source: Kraftwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Men are worse than women

Source: Great British Sleep Survey

They increase their riskof diabetes by

21%!www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Only 20% of us do enough exercise

to be healthy


UK: 3rd laziest country in Europe

Source: The Lancet July 2012

MaltaSerbia

United Kingdom3rd

2nd

1st


Humans are designed to walk4 – 5 miles a day

(10,000 steps)


40% of cancersare lifestyle related

Source: Cancer Research UKwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

52% of ushave problems with sleep

Source: Great British Sleep Surveywww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

We’re getting45 minutes less

sleep than 25 years ago

Source: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working – Tony Schwartzwww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

47% of ushave problems with energy

Source: Great British Sleep Surveywww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

72% of ushave problems with focusing

on ONE thing at a time


75% of usare dehydrated

we don’t drink enough water!


Distractions can cost usup to 20 minutes

of our time


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Working more than 10 hours a dayincreases your risk of

heart disease

+Source: European heart Journal

By 60%!


Only 49% of us

Source: All Party Parliamentary Group report – Giving Britain a Break

Take their full entitlement

of annual leavewww.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

Many surviving on

Source: All Party Parliamentary Group report – Giving Britain a Break

just 2 weeks!


YOUR ECONOMY

NEEDS YOU!www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

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ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY


The 6 thingsYou need to

know…


SLEEP

1www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

DIET


EXERCISE


SWITCH OFF


FOCUS


RESILIENCE


Together we can put the GREAT

back in Britainand theUNITED

back in Kingdom


and theZEST

back into British business!


We just need to make

healthier lifestyle choices!


So that we canLIVE LONG AND

PROSPERas individuals and as a

nation!


Rachel McGuinnessThe Chief Resilience Officer

www.zestlifestyle.com@zestlifestyle Rachel McGuinness Zestlifestyle


http://www.zestlifestyle.com/

http://www.zestlifestyle.com/zestgb

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