Nutrition as a Means of Increasing Productivity Within a Workplace
Nutrition: Current Dynamics and Economics
With the changing dynamics and demands of the business world it is important to alter the necessities provided to the employees. One of the recent focuses on an important necessity has been the nutritional intake of the employees within the workplace. This is the focus of the paper as we analyze the economical advantages that appropriate nutrition can bring to the overall employee performance in the short and the long run. One relative focus will be on the impact that globalization and technological changes have had on the health of the current and future business employees.
The fact of the matter is that the advanced scientific proofs and technology has developed the human mind in various ways and one such ways is the increased understanding of the importance of nutrition in boosting one’s overall performance. Owen and Roberts in their study highlight that the alterations that nutritional changes can bring in the business structure can significantly helping decreasing the dissatisfaction and anxiety or stress levels of the employees while simultaneously improve the overall working environment as many of the nutritional changes, like incorporation of fruits and vegetable in the cafeteria menu which will be explained further on, are linked to positive and pleasant impacts on the personality of individuals. Furthermore, they have linked nutritional changes directly to the decrease in the absenteeism levels, increase in the motivations as well as the long-term production levels of the company.
Another study analyzing the importance that is given to nutrition by American employees showed that nearly 60% of the American employees have been utilizing the legitimate thirty minute time span for their lunch breaks which has been directly linked to decreasing levels of cardiovascular problems and has increased the job satisfaction levels amongst these employees. A related article showed that there were at least another 60% of American population in different districts reported high and regular levels of shortening or missing their lunches on a daily basis while other similar studies have shown that nearly 20-25% of the business employees completely skipped their lunch breaks. Below is a table explaining how the various nutritional inputs instigate certain outputs that further result in different positive outcomes.
INPUT
OUTPUT
Improved nutrition for basic metabolism boost
Higher capability to perform
Better overall Daily Nutritional Intake
Higher Salary and improved packages
Higher Salary
Work Capability increases and curves above the 45 degree angle
Work capability moves above 45 degrees
Overall productivity and employee satisfaction increases
The above table, even though is not supported with hard and mathematically backed evidence or stats, it is still widely to be accepted as true mainly because common sense proclaims that a healthier individual will be mentally and physically stronger to perform at an optimum level over a long period of time. A study conducted by the Council for Responsible Nutrition highlighted that the Health Care Financing Administration in Washington exhibited stats that proved that nutrition was being taken as a serious input in increased productivity as the annual finance allocated to the health care department increased 57% from $247 billion in 1980 to $387 billion within a space of 4 years only. Another study showed that when health care wasn’t given its due attention then the loss of the workdays and finances was humungous. The 1982 stats showed a loss of 270,583,000 working days to various diseases and the overall reactionary costs in terms of health insurances and overall decreased productivity was more then the finance allocated to health care that year.
Some of the most efficient and productive nutrition advocate agencies within the United States include: 1) Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), 2) Community Food Resource Center (CFRC), 3) Consumer’s Union, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), 4) American Public Health Association (APHA), 5) International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 6) American Culinary Federation, 7) International Association of Culinary Professionals, 8) Council for Responsible Nutrition, 9) Food Marketing Institute, 10) International Food Information Council (IFIC), 11) American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), 12) American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS), 13) Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), 14) International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS), 15) National Council Against Health Fraud, etc.
Below is a table that exhibits some of the stats of poor nutrition rates, the obese and overweight Americans and financial or economical ratios that cost the government annually due to poor nutrition:
Population
Economics
Obese or underfed
One billion and over (rising since 2006)
7-9% of total health care finance allocated here / U.S. $12.7 billion allocated by the business sector to counter
Reactionary financial costs of Cardiovascular Diseases (2002)
Over half a million (with 30% deaths out of the total)
US $392.2 billion
Reactionary financial costs of general illnesses (2002)
Over one billion
US $20-30 billion
Nutritional intake increase by 1% KCAL
2-3% more profit made monthly (accounting for between U.S. $1-5 for every U.S. $1 invested).
The stats given above clearly show that the overall health care costs made can be potentially saved if the overall nutritional plan and structure within businesses improves and continues to improve with the passage of time.
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Importance of Nutrition Awareness
The significance of nutrition within the workplace was perhaps universally recognized when it became one of the fundamentals of the ILO Decent Work structure. The ILO Decent Work structure recognized healthy nutrition intake at the workplace as an important phenomenon of improving the overall health of the individuals as most of the Americans spend a majority of their day and week at their offices. The ILO Decent Work structure was one of the first to adopt the nutritional intervention as one of the important factors that improved the overall communication and interaction between the managers and the employees, it was also one of the factors that significantly influence the production levels of the business and also served as an indispensable element of social protection of workers. This was an aftermath of the significant increase witnessed in the department of illnesses and diseases in the past two decades especially illnesses that are a result of high stress, anxiety, cardiovascular disturbances, high or low blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, cancer, low calcium intake, etc.
The importance of high quality nutritional intake has also increased significantly within the American Military. Colonel Gaston Bathalon, an Army nutrition professional, explains that the “Weight issues plague all branches of the military…Thousands of troops are struggling to lose weight, and thousands have been booted out of the service in recent years because they couldn’t…One of the biggest worries concerns those not even in uniform yet, however: Nearly 2 out of every 10 men and 4 out of every 10 women of recruiting age weigh too much to be eligible, a record number for that age group…’ ‘This is quickly becoming a national security issue for us. The pool of recruits is becoming smaller,” said Colonel Gaston Bathalon, an Army nutrition specialist.
Nutrition in the Workplace
Poor meal programs and poor nutrition underlie so many workplace issues: morale, safety, productivity, and the long-term health of the workers and nations. But few workers are happy with their meal arrangements,” explains Christopher Wanjek in his book titled “Food at Work: Workplace solutions for malnutrition, obesity and chronic diseases.” Wanjek in this book has supported nutrition as the backbone for increased production and efficiency in the workplace after conducted a global assessment of the business world and its environment, both where nutrition was given importance and where nutrition was not given importance. He also explains that more often then not, people take their food intake for granted especially in the workplace. He says that this is one of the biggest mistakes on the employer’s part because higher quality food provision in the offices is, in his opinion, one of the easiest ways to improve the employee motivation and overall production levels of the company. He emphasizes that the cafeterias in offices and vending machines need to have a nutrition-based menu with mostly healthy snacks and bars that will help boost the overall metabolism of the individual that in turn will help them in excelling in their work.
Developing nations need to break the cycle of poor nutrition, low productivity and low wages. Some workers have difficulty feeding their own children in these regions and poor child nutrition is dooming for the future workforce. It is important to note how prevalent iron-deficiency is and how cheaply it can be remedied. Low iron, which affects up to half the world’s population, is tied to sluggishness and diminished cognitive ability and thus accidents and low productivity,” explains Wanjek. He suggests that the businesses should make sure that they have proper menus and nutrition education programs initiated that could educate the employees on how their overall standard of life and work ethic can improve with the intake of certain nutritional foods.
The increase in nutritional value amongst employees impacts the business in numerous different ways, for example it
Reduces the overall absenteeism and presenteeism rates
Reduces employee migration and hence re-allocation of the finances that were spent on employee training and enrollment can be conducted and sustained efficiently
Reduces the overall reimbursement demands made by the employees as they remain satisfied with their work spectrum
The overall incentive of the worker to “want” to work increases as he feels valued, appreciated and part of the team.
Furthermore, the overall high quality nutrition intake is efficiently supported with the implementation of sustainable control policies that can help monitor the employee’s regularities or irregularities in gaining nutritional knowledge and/or its application. The health programs and their impact can also be effectively measured through these control policies.
Some of the American-based companies like the L.L. Bean, the mail-order outfitters shop in Freeport, NutriWork which is a consulting agency part of the Network, Inc. from Andover operating at and the Lotus Development Corporation and Xerox are all adopting the nutrition awareness programs. The L.L. Bean shop uses both online and offline sources to gather employees in huge groups and give them nutritional education as well as asks for suggestions on any nutritional upgrades and cuts that they want. NutriWork conducts conferences over a course of ten weeks whereby they highlight the benefits, needs and implementations of their nutritional programs and policies specific to the structure of the Lotus Development Corporation. Xerox publishes 60,000 copies on a quarterly basis of the “Take Charge” Newsletter that is then distributed to different companies thereof highlighting the nutritional trends and necessities in the workplace. The Control Data Corporation is one of the companies stationed in Minneapolis which receives this newsletter and uses it in a six-step “life style change” program that it implements for its employees.
There are also some public government organizations that are implementing high quality nutrition awareness programs. A good example of this is the Birmingham, Ala., where the cleaners, law enforcement officers, government officers and managers, firefighters and public service providers are all asked to take part in the soon-to-be annual Employee Wellness Program which aims to provide them all the nutritional knowledge, basics, dos and don’ts, physical fitness trends, exercises, etc. that they need to boost their personal capability and output. This they believe will decrease the overall reactionary health care finances annually at a steady rate as well as improve the overall work environment for the employees and simultaneously improve their interaction with the employers.
Use of supplements
One of the ways that nutritional intake is being increased with the U.S. is through the use of supplements which has made a huge market segment for itself especially in the past decade and is only increasing with the passage of time. From a total sales record of U.S. $8.6 billion in 1994, the sales doubled to U.S. $16 billion in the next six years alone. Balluz and colleagues in their study highlight that more then 50% of the American population relies on the use of supplements to make up for their daily nutritional intake. Many of the pharmaceutical companies and their products have been analyzed in many studies and the result showed that the supplements with the highest sales had the following ingredients in different proportions nutrients, herbals, and meal supplements. The nutrient supplements alone recorded an increase from U.S. $3.9 billion to $6.1 billion between 1994 and 2000. This resulted in the growing market for packed foods which by 2000 was recording up to U.S. $20 billion annually and is expected to increase up to at least U.S. $50 billion by the end of 2010. Even though, most nutritionists do not approve the use of supplements as a substitute for real food substances, but the stats of sales especially in the U.S. are not affected by their disapproval. Numerous studies have highlighted reports from American Dietetic Association (ADA), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee, and the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine that emphasize on the rejection of supplements and the intake of the nutrition in natural food substances.
Supplement use based on the various socio-demographic characteristics of the U.S. population, CSFII 1994-96
Total sample Non-food stamp recipients Food stamp recipients
Variable (n = 9,468) (n = 8,582) (n = 886)
Ethnicity
White
Black
Hispanic
Gender
Female
Male
Age
18-49 years
50 years +
Education
High school
Employment status
Unemployed
Employed
Percentages are weighted. Some percentages may not total to 100 because of rounding.
Obstacles and Solutions to promote Nutrition Awareness in the Workplace
Absenteeism and presenteeism are two of the biggest obstacles for an efficient nutritional knowledge program. Absenteeism is basically the derived from the word absent and donates that an individual has a consistent and recurrent habit or inclination to be absent from work or from a responsibility. Usually the two elements that are regularly linked to high absenteeism are sickness or low motivation levels. It is very important that both these elements are handled and solved differently because currently that is nit the case. Presenteeism is, as the name suggests concerned with the regular attendance of the employees. However the problem here is that the employees show up for work when they are not up to the par physically, mentally, emotionally or motivationally. This can be due to heavy burdens that the individual has in the office or the expectations of the office for employees to show irrespective of how they are feeling. Both have a severe negative impact on the overall production levels of the company. The table below shows the percentages and reasons behind high absenteeism and presenteeism.
Reason behind high Absenteeism or Presenteeism
Percentage per reason (2008)
Chronic Conditions
Mental Stress or Anxiety
Physical Impairment
Heavy Workload
Avoidance to utilize Vacation Time
One of the main points to note here is the last reason where employees want to avoid using up their vacation time-off as their sick days. Hence it is important that the manager keep the philosophies and approaches of their employees in mind when they design the potential control programs and make sure that their employees feel that their work is being valued and is demanded to be at its bests when they are at their best. One of the ways this could be done is through dividing the time-off allowed to employees into their vacation time-off and their sick time-off. A high number of 69% of the employees of various companies have shown high inclinations towards this policy and have recognized it as the reason behind decreased levels of presenteeism.
According to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) statistics for fiscal year of 2007, only 57% of private industry workers overall, had access to sick leave, as a result a number of employees come to work simply to avoid a loss of pay,” noted one employee.
HSE in one of their studies highlighted various reason that account for loss of workings for employees which are illustrated in the table below:
Reason behind loss of working days
Working days lost and number of population suffering due to reasons mentioned
Work load induced illness
Above 500,000 people
High work induced Stress
More then 5 million people
Depression and anxiety
12.8 million working days lost (2003/4)
Stress Costs
Us $370 million annually
Yet another research conducted on how poor nutrition and obesity impact the workplace environment and employee turnover and input was calculated by the International Labor Office (ILO). Below is a table that illustrates the results of the study:
Nutrition levels
Productivity Percentage
Underfed or unhealthy nourishment
Reduces work productivity by 20%
Lack of Iron in the body (70% of the U.S. population)
Reduces work productivity by 30%
Decreased Sugar levels
Reduces work productivity by 20%
Below is a graph that shows the obesity levels of different generations within the United States.
All of the above obstacles can be countered by following a few basic nutritional and educational steps: 1) Attaining proper sleep which means getting at least eight hours of sleep and doing so at appropriate times i.e. early to bed, early to rise phenomenon; 2) Taking a protein and calcium heavy breakfast and lunch while avoiding fatty foods; 3) Having Serotonin-heavy foods during the day to keep one’s energy level up like pretzels; 4) Exercising early as that will increase the blood flow; 5) taking time out for a moderate to low vigorous pastime activity if one exercises and if one doesn’t exercise then engaging in a highly vigorous pastime activity e.g. taking up a sport like boxing; 6) walking on a regular basis;7) having a high daily intake of proteins, fiber, calcium, vitamins AB and C, and iron.
Menu
Perhaps the best and most nutritional menu for a company could include some or all of the following food items (note: this is food for health, not food for taste):
Beverages:
Fresh Mineral Water
Skimmed Milk
Coffee
Fresh vegetable and/or fruit juices
Pomegranate juice as a replacement for soft drinks.
Cinnamon as a sprinkler on coffee, tea or cereals to fight off blood pressure, high sugar and high cholesterol.
Breakfast:
Turmeric as a sprinkler on scramble/boiled eggs or salads.
Snacks:
Cereals
Cheese Bread rolls or whole grain bread slices
Canned Sardines for an appropriate intake of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B. vitamins to eat with the mixed salad or separately in a sandwich.
Canned or fresh fruits in their raw form, or in the form of juice or salads.
Packed Beets in their raw form or with milk because they are a rich source of foliate and natural red pigments that prevents cancer.
Frozen blueberries combined with crushed almonds to be taken with milk or yogurt.
Lunch or dinner:
Mixed Salads that include cabbages, lettuces, radishes, carrots, pineapples, lemon sprinkling, pumpkin seeds, Swiss chards, capsicums and other green vegetables.
Packaged prunes to eat raw or baked or with salads.
A pasta, vegetable, tuna or salmon with fat-free or low fat dressing
Whole grain breads, whole grain wheat, multi-grain, rye.
Dessert:
Fresh or dried fruits.
Vending Machines:
Packaged cereals.
Packaged dry fruits.
Packaged granola bars and other nutrition-high energy bars.
Summary and Conclusion
It is an established fact that, unless the employees feel valued, the overall production of any company cannot flourish. One of the most recent emphases had been laid on how high quality nutritional intake can influence employee satisfaction and overall production can be increased thereof. The logic behind increases in the focus on improved nutritional intake and the altering health care strategies is because of the rising disease concerns that have drastically increased in the last two to three decades. Hence, the recent efforts to improve the health care policies have been health education at a mass level especially in the workplace where most Americans spend a majority of their day and week. It is believed by many, even though hard core and statistical evidence is missing, that health awareness and knowledge will help the individual and Health promotion programs therefore offer opportunities to educate individuals about how they can remain healthy and active which will help the business as active or healthy individuals are bound to have more positive input as opposed to under fed or dull individuals which can be an aftermath of poor diet or nutrition intake. The increase in health awareness has also been shown to have significant and direct impacts on the internal environment of businesses i.e. It can decrease absenteeism and presenteeism levels, increase profits, increase interaction, increase competitiveness, etc.
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Balluz, L.S., Kieszak, S.M., Philen, R.M., & Mulinare, J. Vitamin and mineral supplement use in the United States: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Archives of Family Medicine, 9, 258-262. 2000.
Slesinski, M.J., Subar, a.F., & Kahle, L.L. Dietary intake of fat, fiber and other nutrients is related to the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in the United States: The 1992 National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Nutrition, 126, 3001-3008. 1996.
Hartz, S.C., Otradovec, C.L., McGandy, R.B., et al. Nutrient supplement use by healthy elderly. Journal of American College Nutrition, 7, 119-128. 1988.
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What if I don’t like the paper?
There is a very low likelihood that you won’t like the paper.
Reasons being:
- When assigning your order, we match the paper’s discipline with the writer’s field/specialization. Since all our writers are graduates, we match the paper’s subject with the field the writer studied. For instance, if it’s a nursing paper, only a nursing graduate and writer will handle it. Furthermore, all our writers have academic writing experience and top-notch research skills.
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In the event that you don’t like your paper:
- The writer will revise the paper up to your pleasing. You have unlimited revisions. You simply need to highlight what specifically you don’t like about the paper, and the writer will make the amendments. The paper will be revised until you are satisfied. Revisions are free of charge
- We will have a different writer write the paper from scratch.
- Last resort, if the above does not work, we will refund your money.
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Not at all. All papers are written from scratch. There is no way your tutor or instructor will realize that you did not write the paper yourself. In fact, we recommend using our assignment help services for consistent results.
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When will I get my paper?
You determine when you get the paper by setting the deadline when placing the order. All papers are delivered within the deadline. We are well aware that we operate in a time-sensitive industry. As such, we have laid out strategies to ensure that the client receives the paper on time and they never miss the deadline. We understand that papers that are submitted late have some points deducted. We do not want you to miss any points due to late submission. We work on beating deadlines by huge margins in order to ensure that you have ample time to review the paper before you submit it.
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1. Place an order
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2. Pay for the order
Proceed to pay for the paper so that it can be assigned to one of our expert academic writers. The paper subject is matched with the writer’s area of specialization.
3. Track the progress
You communicate with the writer and know about the progress of the paper. The client can ask the writer for drafts of the paper. The client can upload extra material and include additional instructions from the lecturer. Receive a paper.
4. Download the paper
The paper is sent to your email and uploaded to your personal account. You also get a plagiarism report attached to your paper.
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