66% of adults in England are overweight or obese with approximately 1 in 11 deaths in the UK linked to carrying excess fat.
In the UK one person dies every 3 minutes from cardiovascular disease and 40,000 deaths each year are caused by stroke.
3.5 million UK adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and a further 500,000 are diagnosed.
30% of UK adults have high blood pressure, 50% are receiving no treatment and 1 in 10 cancers is caused by poor diet.
Average annual cost of sickness absence per employee £600 (CIPD)