Działania firm wspierające zdrowy styl życia pracowników
Activities Undertaken by Firms to Support Healthy Lifestyle of Their Employees

Summary/Abstract: In modern times, a healthy lifestyle is an increasing trend in people’s behaviour. Health is the value that has a significant influence on the quality of human’s life. A healthy lifestyle is the outcome of different behaviour patterns, habits and attitudes. In order tolead this way of life, one must attach greater importance to physical activity, healthy andrational diet, preventive medicine and leisure time. It is necessary to make efforts to promote this style of life and raise awareness of civilisation diseases. Taking a regular rest anda recommended amount of sleep, let people cope with stress, tiredness and learn them howto relax. Society pays growing attention to health-oriented and health-improving aspects not only in their households, but also wants to follow such practices outside their home environment, e.g. in the workplace. Hence, an agreement should be reached between employers and employees in this scope. The main aim of this paper is to present activities undertaken by Polish firms to support healthy lifestyle, assess these practices, and offer recommendations as to possible modifications of these activities.

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