Long hours, irregular shift patterns, stress and anxiety are all making it harder for workers to maintain healthy eating habits,...
Nic Paton

Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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The scrapping of NHS England raises questions over the training of healthcare workers in critical areas such as infection control and hospital-acquired infections.
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A fifth of bereaved employees (21%) would have liked more time off to manage and work through their grief.
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A more proactive approach to employee health could prevent 100,000 people from falling out of work over the next five...
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Mental health: Five years on from pandemic, younger generations still struggling
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonFive years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and wellbeing is still being felt, especially on...
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The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.
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Employers need to be better at recognising, and supporting, the differing physical and mental health needs of women throughout their...
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Half of adults globally set to be obese or overweight by 2050, warns shocking new study
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMore than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by...
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A third of NHS doctors (35%) are so tired that their ability to treat patients is impaired, according to a report from the Medical Defence Union.
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Parliamentarians come together in a new APPG to discuss how work, and workplaces, can be better used to make us healthier.
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More and more people, both men and women, say they understand the challenges women face around endometriosis, yet it can...
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The UK’s finance leaders are stressed and overworked, a survey has concluded, with more than half (56%) saying they work...
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A third of workers aged 55 and over (32%) have taken time off sick with poor mental health, with older...
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Low pay, poor working conditions, air pollution and insecure housing all harm people’s mental health, a report has suggested, whereas...
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Investing in people’s health, both physical and mental, is a key way the government will be able to stimulate sustained...