Britain is clearly smarting under the problem of obesity, which has rocked whole of the Europe, Australia, and America. A long-awaited report from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) is out and there are very far-reaching lifestyle changes that are demanded to tackle Britain’s mounting obesity crisis–employers are encouraged to install bike sheds and discourage staff from using lifts, which can help keep their weight under check. 

It is significant to note here that the report has stressed the role of employers in curbing the problem of obesity rather than putting it solely on doctors, hospitals, and individuals. It is obvious that employers can play a significant and important role in controlling the problem.

The proposal of the report may also include healthier office canteens, more workplace showers, and encouragement for workers to go for cycle rides during lunch breaks, which are of course great changes in their conventional corporate environment and style. There is no doubt that employers will not be all happy over these recommendations, and we may have some criticism also; but, it is clear that this can help to tackle the problem, though the employers will be made a reason to intervene in the life-style of the employees, which can cause some strained relationships between them according to some theories of management. 

However, the government authorities claim that many people do not have any separate time to manage the weight due to heavy work-load and life-style, which can obviously be created if the employers work in a manner that is recommended in the report. It can easily help in tackling the obesity in a subtle manner, but will have a large impact on the people as whole. We will need to wait and see how the whole report comes out and what employers do to implement the recommendations or criticize it in their inability or unwillingness to do anything about it.