Get on your bike, go green and improve staff fitness

With health secretary Alan Johnson’s announcement of a £372m anti-obesity strategy (Personnel Today, 29 January), the pressure will be on employers to invest in new health policies to support employee health.

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But it needn’t be expensive. Employers could encourage staff to take up cycling – a low impact and sociable activity that offers major health benefits. Just 30 minutes of cycling three or four times a week can reduce the risk of heart disease and obesity by 50%, according to the British Heart Foundation.

Simon Theobald
Managing director,
Pedalite International