New Year crash diets will cost UK businesses a staggering £7.83bn in Q1 alone

Fitness and diet regimes are having a huge detrimental effect on the health of the British workforce

More than 6 million Brits start a New Year diet to drop a belt size or two

Editorial Team Features, Wednesday 10 February 2016 Jump to Comments(0) 2,760 Views

New research has revealed that New Year crash diets are costing UK businesses a staggering £7.83bn in Q1 alone.

More than 6 million Brits start a New Year diet to drop a belt size or two, but in the quest to get Beach Body Ready these fad fitness and diet regimes are having a huge detrimental effect on the health of the British workforce.

The research carried out by Expert Market revealed:

A 1.9% fall in UK productivity each year
11% more sick days in Q1
A £34m loss alone on the 1^stof February

The infographic below reveals details of how each of the most popular diet crazes directly impacts our workforce’s productivity, leaving us in an annual economic slump.