Lifestyle and attached risks affect employees’ quality of life and negatively impact the long-term prospects for developing chronic disease leading to premature incapacity to work and enjoy a healthy life.
Research has shown that the short and long-term consequences of poor health behavior’s increase the risk of absence from work due to ill-health up to 9 times.
Therefore, the call for lifestyle and personal health risk management programs are an increasingly relevant and meaningful element of corporate governance, blended with HR guidelines, occupational health and proactive safety strategies.
