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The workplace as a health promotion setting Workplace health promotion (WHP) programmes, targeting physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits, are effective in improving health- related outcomes such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Enhancing employee productivity, improving corporate image and moderating medical care costs are some of the arguments that might foster senior management to initiate and invest in WHP programmes. Unhealthy diets and excessive energy intake, physical inactivity and tobacco use are major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In 2005, an estimated 35 million people died of NCDs such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. Around 80% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries that. | World Health WW2F Organization WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE STATE OF THE WORLD Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases in the Workplace through Diet and Physical Activity WHO World Economic Forum Report of a Joint Event WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Preventing noncommunicable diseases in the workplace through diet and physical activity WHO World Economic Forum report of a joint event. disease - prevention and control. health. . Health Organization. Economic Forum. ISBN 978 92 4 159632 9 NLM classification WA 400 World Health Organization World Economic Forum 2008 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution - should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permissions@ . Publications of World Economic Forum can be obtained from Forum Press World Economic Forum 91-93 route de la Capite CH-1223 Cologny Geneva Switzerland tel. 41 22 869 1212 fax 41 22 786 2744 email contact@ Inquires about the Working Towards Wellness project at the World Economic Forum should be addressed to workingtowardswellness@. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization World Economic Forum concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not