Workplace diet and health: from research to practice

Workplace health is starting to emerge as a distinct research theme. Understanding how the work environment impacts on health behaviours over four or more decades is essential to a life course approach in public health nutrition.  For example, long working hours, shift work, job strain and work stress have all been associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases.  These exposures have also been associated with poorer dietary choices.  Understanding the relative association of diet and occupational exposures to cardiometabolic disease development and, also to the management of existing cardiometabolic conditions, is essential to developing public health interventions. This webinar will explore the role of workplaces in a wider public health nutrition context as well as looking at the evidence to support interventions. The webinar includes a case study from Marlow Foods that highlights one example of how workplace nutrition interventions can be delivered in practice. Attendees will gain insights into the considerations for research and practice in workplace nutrition and health.

What will I gain from this webinar?

• You will have a good understanding of how the workplace environment fits into the wider context of public health and nutrition
• You will be able to critically discuss the evidence around the benefits of workplace nutrition interventions on a range of outcomes
• You will be able to discuss how workplace nutrition programmes can be implemented through a case study from Marlow Foods