Unhealthy diets, smoking and a lack of exercise are cutting down on how much employees can accomplish each day, a new research finds.
The study, conducted by researchers from Brigham Young University, the Health Enhancement Research Organization and the Center for Health Research at Healthways, revealed that unhealthy individual lifestyle choices may result in substantially higher levels of lost productive work time.
Specifically, the study found that employees with an unhealthy diet
were 66 percent more likely to experience a loss in productivity than those who regularly ate whole grains, fruits and vegetables. In addition, employees who exercised only occasionally were 50 percent more likely to report having lower levels of productivity than employees who were regular exercisers, while smokers were 28 percent more likely to suffer from a drop in productivity than nonsmokers.
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