A study has found that poor lifestyles among workers in Britain are creating a \u00c5\u201chealth time bomb\u201d.<\/p>\n
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A study has found that poor lifestyles among workers in the UK are creating a \u00c5\u201chealth time bomb\u201d leading to premature ageing and lower life expectancies.\n<\/p>\n
Some 10,000 members of staff were surveyed in Britain\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s first Healthiest Company Index, which was intended to deliver companies a better understanding of their workers\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 health and lifestyles.\n<\/p>\n
The research discovered that 86 percent of employees suffer with Vitality Age of 4.1 years older than their real age because of their unhealthy lifestyles, which reduces life expectancy.\n<\/p>\n
Vitality Age estimates years of life lost or gained by taking the presence or absence of certain risk issues into consideration.\n<\/p>\n
Chief executive of the health insurer Neville Koopowitz, said the higher Vitality Age of so many of Britain\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s workers is \u00c5\u201ccreating a time bomb for UK Plc\u201d, and said British companies will have to pick up the increasing cost of sick pay.\n<\/p>\n
Factors taken into consideration include Body Mass Index (BMI), cholesterol levels and blood pressure, blood glucose levels, smoking, alcohol, nutrition, exercise, stress and well-being.\n<\/p>\n
Nearly a third (31.2 percent) of UK workers have three or more risk factors, putting them at serious risk of unhealthiness, while the biggest contributing factors for a higher Vitality Age are lack of exercise and obesity.\n<\/p>\n
Men aged between 40 and 49 are the group most likely to have a higher Vitality Age.\n<\/p>\n
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