FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 4th June 2013
Contact: Jeff Archer
Tel: 020 8995 1302
Email: jeff@the-tonic.com
Busy Workers Risk ‘Premature Ageing’
80% of executives record a body age 10-20 years older
than their actual age
Modern working
life is taking such a toll on the health of busy executives that the majority
fail to achieve ‘normal’ results during targeted health
assessments. One sample found that 80% had a 'body age' between 10
and 20 years older than their true age.
In a wider study, 37% had blood
pressure readings indicating hypertension and 52% had a body fat percentage
above the recommended healthy range.
These
statistics were gathered during leadership programmes attended by participants
from a variety of global businesses. Data was collected by wellness and
resilience companies The Tonic and Fit2Lead.
Tonic Director
Jeff Archer explained, ‘We provide these lifestyle assessments to business
leaders and executives to help them better understand how to manage their
health and energy for improved day-to-day performance. Positioning
wellness and resilience as integral components of successful leadership
provides participants with the ideal opportunity to assess the effectiveness of
their current lifestyle routines and get motivated about priority areas for
change.’
This format has
proved to be an enormous success. One participant commented that, 'the
stress relief and energising effects are by far the biggest benefits for me’ while
another felt that, following the programme, their ‘energy levels are more
under control as are my productivity and ability to achieve more’. ’ Other
participants reported that ‘finding out my body age was a real wake up call’
and ‘this provided me with the reality check I needed to start to make
changes’.
Fit2Lead
Director Adrian Smith added, ‘More and more companies are recognising the
importance of resilience, ‘the bounce back factor’, in today’s complex and
challenging business environments. The body age analysis has been a brilliant
way for executives to learn more about the extent to which the rigours of
modern working life affect the body, and it provides the ideal starting point
for developing a resilience action plan to achieve a more positive balance.
To find out
more about corporate wellbeing and resilience programmes contact Jeff
Archer at The Tonic on 020 8995 1302/ jeff@the-tonic.com
Image by
Flickr: TheeErin
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