Physical and Dietary Health Physical wellness refers to the general health of the body, the survey shows that 67% of people are still unsatisfied including exercise, nutrition and general health habits. The with the amount of exercise they do on a daily basis. The World Health Organisation recommends that adults should main reasons for this are identified as excessive workload participate in at least 150 minutes of exercise every week. (48%), tiredness (33.5%) and lack of motivation (33.5%). At With work accounting for a large proportion of our waking management and leadership levels excessive workload time, it can be easy to fall short of this weekly quota. becomes even more of a barrier to exercise (67.5%), which Therefore, we recognise that supporting physical activity has slightly increased in comparison to last year. and healthy diet are important in promoting the general health, productivity and motivation of our people. In this In relation to nutrition, the survey results demonstrate section of the survey staff were asked to provide feedback that only 13% of people consume the recommended five on their own physical activity and nutritional habits. The or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day. 54% of majority of our staff worked from home for the most part people indicated that they consume the recommended of this year, therefore this section will also show how this six to eight glasses of liquid per day, which has slightly influenced our physical activity and dietary habits. improved in comparison to last year. While working from home, we have still tried to encourage and educate our The results show that 78% of people interrupt prolonged staff on the importance of healthy nutrition, through sitting by standing up and moving away from their desk organising webinars that detail the benefits of a at least six times a day. 12% of people indicated that they healthy diet. never eat their lunch away from their desk. In comparison to the last years’ results there is a slight improvement in People acknowledge that the current situation has had an these figures. impact on motivation in terms of activity levels, however people have suggested that Cundall could help by offering Through the lockdown and working from home we have more appropriate gym discounts or running lunchtime encouraged our people to take part in different health exercise classes. and wellbeing activities (e.g. cycling, walking challenges etc.) as well as organised multiple webinars that detail the importance of regular movement and exercise. However, Global % 0% 12% 11% 17% 18% 22% 7% 13% 0% 3.5% 4% 5.5% 9.5% 16% 7.5% 54% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Approximately how many Approximately how many days per days per week do you usually week do you usually consume 1.2 consume 5 (or more) portions litres (six to eight glasses) of liquid of fruit and/or vegetables? (including water, tea, coffee, fruit juice or squash)? 6 Health and Wellbeing Report 2021