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Keeping it Simple

• Simple

• Accessible

• Long-term Change

4-MONTHS 12-MONTHS

SUSTAINED BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION AFTER 12-

MONTHS (mmHg)

SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE

12-month study results: decreases in blood pressure in 800 participants

-1.81

-3.45

-1.77-2.12

Peeters A, Freak-Poli R. Evaluation of 4-months and 12-months of a pedometer based workplace intervention on cardiovascular

disease. 2009 (Publication in Process) Faculty of Medicine, Monash University Melbourne Australia

12-month study results: decreases in weight & waist circumference

-0.70

-0.50

4-months 12-months

12-months sustained decreases in body weight and

waist circumference

WEIGHT (kg) WAIST (cm)

Peeters A, Freak-Poli R. Evaluation of 4-months and 12-months of a pedometer based workplace intervention on

cardiovascular disease. 2009 (Publication in Process) Faculty of Medicine, Monash University Melbourne Australia

-2.31

-1.02

Sick Leave Ratio Comparison

Sick leave ratio (Sick per person) May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09

GCC 0.42 0.58 0.47 0.34 0.31

Company 1.51 1.75 1.76 1.78 1.64

1.6

1.8

2

Sick Leave (GCCers vs Company Total)0.4

2 0.5

8

0.4

7

0.3

4

0.3

1

1.5

1 1.7

5

1.7

6

1.7

8

1.6

4

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09

GCC sick leave ratio (sick per person) Company sick leave ratio (sick per person)

Ratio

2009 Global Corporate Challenge

• 60,000 Employees

• 8,500 Teams

• 1000 Global Companies• 1000 Global Companies

• 55 Countries

•168 DET Participants

Overall GCC Performance

BASELINE GLOBAL STEP COUNTS:

800-2500 steps/day

34 calories/ 0.5km

-equivalent energy to ½ a small apple?

DET’s Performance

DET’s Step Count

= 7929 (115th world wide)

1332 Kilojoules per day

5km per day

32% Employees now leading an “ACTIVE –

HIGHLY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE”

(above 10,000 steps per day)

DET

61% Employees have doubled their daily

step count

(above 8,000 steps per day)

Impact on DET‘s health

Health Benefits:

62% reported an increase in energy

66% reported an increase in fitness66% reported an increase in fitness

36% reported a loss in weight

Average GCC reported weight loss = 4.7kg

DET‘s Step Counts

Ranking Team Name Step Average Total KM’s

1Dungeon Dwelling Dynamos 13385 7495.848

2Travelling DETberries 11879 6652.424

3Highway To Hellth 11451 6412.782

4Wide World Walkers again! 11103 6217.855

5Humanities Go Getters 10147 5682.564

66Wii Phit 9778 5475.895

7HR Puf N Stuf'd 9500 5320.044

8The StepAlots 9356 5239.638

9The Proclaimers 9308 5212.843

10Chocoholics / T&H 8779 4916.31

Congratulations !!!

115th place out of 1,000 Global 1,000 Global companies

Starts on the 20th of May.

Ends on the 7th of September.

GCC In 2010

Ends on the 7th of September.

One Big Addition in 2010