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The Construction Industry regretfully records one of the highest rates of suicide of all industries.  Whilst the factors are complicated, including workers living away from family and home, pressure to complete projects; an industry dominated by male workers who don’t want to flag emotional problems – a factor can include a poor diet, causing poor concentration, fluctuating energy and low mood/depression and anxiety.

Blood sugar management– stable blood sugar management, good health, avoiding critical disease is a health and safety issue – Laurence Waterman, for example, was instrumental in introducing breakfast for workers on the UK Olympic Project, where they we able to see the benefits of that strategy on accident rates – health, nutrition and wellbeing is not a nice to have, but a have to have. Stable Blood sugar also contributes to a stable mood and fosters good mental health.  Key nutrients, like zinc, gained from a good diet, also contribute to a healthy mind.

Kate Cook has been involved with some of the top construction companies in the UK and globally, developing programmes around how nutrition impacts both health and safety in the workplace and on site. Kate was involved in a research project investigating Construction Worker’s Lifestyles and Diets. She has been a blogger for SHP, and Network Rail’s HI VIZ magazine.

An on-going advocate of reforming the breaks workers get so that they can eat breakfast, Kate continues to make a difference to how food is viewed as a strategic tool for better health, performance, and bottom line return for companies.