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'Tis the season to be merry (and leave your car keys at home)

With our health assessors having finished all of our employee health checks and most of us are about to break for the Christmas festivities which will soon be in full swing, at Healthy Performance Towers we’d like to remind all motorists about the dangers of drink driving. As well as being against the law, there is lots of … Read more

Nutrition: Top tips for improving employee health

Choose fruit and veg

Nutrition and healthy eating is probably the biggest subject that we encounter during an employee health screening programme and at Healthy Performance, many of our health assessors could dedicate a whole day to the subject if they had the time. At Healthy Performance Towers, we love our food (he says while eating a Salmon quinoa … Read more

Report calls for Personal Trainers in GP surgeries to tackle lack of exercise

A new report is arguing that personal trainers should be put in every doctor’s surgery and job centre to help tackle the UK’s physical inactivity problem. A lack of exercise causes approximately 37,000 deaths each year in the UK and the cost to the economy is £20 billion annually. The report, Blueprint For An Active Britain, has … Read more

Processed meats are linked to cancer

Eating just 50g of processed meat a day (which is less than two slices of bacon) increases the risk of developing bowel cancer, according to an authoritative report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).  Bowel cancer is the third-most common type of the disease world-wide and is responsible for over 16,000 deaths a year … Read more

More than 11 moles on an arm may indicate skin cancer risk

The mass media have reported on a new study published  this week that found people with 11 or more moles on their arm were likely to have over 100 moles on their body – a known risk factor for the melanoma type of skin cancer. The study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, used data from 3,000 … Read more

"I owe my life to personal medical assessments delivered by Healthy Performance"

Blood Pressure

“I OWE MY LIFE to Thames Water’s personal medical assessments that were delivered by Healthy Performance”. They are the words of Paul Alexander, health and safety training co-ordinator at Thames Water. Back in July, Paul was preparing to go on holiday with his wife and daughter. However, before he went away and enjoyed his week … Read more

Healthy Performance launches online health tool

EXCLUSIVE: Healthy Performance has launched an online health assessment tool for employers and employees. The tool provides employers with a live dashboard where they can see anonymous, real-time data as employees complete their health assessments. Employers are then provided with an overall wellbeing score and a health risk score for their workforce, while employees are provided with an … Read more