Millions of adults spend one third of their day in the workplace. The place of work and employment training pro
vides an ideal medium to introduce services such as exercise, recreation and wellness programmes which incor
porate changes in lifestyle patterns, including stress management, reduction or cessation in alcohol and tobacco intake
and an improvement in nutrition levels.
Consequently enterprises throughout the world are introducing health, fitness and recreation services to enhance the
quality of working life and assist employees to improve their health and lifestyle.
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