Release of the VHS Research Report

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 "2010 Research on Chinese Employees’ Physical and Psychological Health Risk”released

 

The “2010 Research on Chinese Employees’ Physical and Psychological Health Risk”, jointly launched by China’s leading health risk management institution VHS Group and IDMA and strategically supported by a global top management magazine - Harvard Business Review, ended.

Main findings of the research:

  • High frequency of unhealthy living habits of working people, ubiquity of health risks;
  • Nearly half of the key employees suffer from early onset and high incidence of chronic diseases;
  • Fierce social competition during the transformation period, and surging pressure faced by employees in the job market;
  • Generally narrow understanding of health risk management;
  • The employees pay high attention to their physical condition , but feel at sea understanding how to manage health risks; 
  • HR generally recognizes that health risk management will greatly improve the health of the employees;
  • Enterprises should define health as its “asset” rather than “cost”.