LIFE! Taking Action on Diabetes
Tips to make your workplace a healthier place
- Encourage employees to ride or walk to work
- Encourage employees to use the stairs instead of the lift
- Encourage employees to walk at lunchtime and to form walking groups at work
- Provide bike sheds and showers
- Encourage walking meetings where possible
- Use healthy options when catering
- Limit or remove vending machines
- Supply fresh fruit for your employees instead of sweet biscuits
- Organise workplace events that encourage physical activity
- Offer subsidised gym memberships
- Ensure all indoor areas are smoke free
Sample policies