unicornnews: PR people rather healthy

Bear this in mind as you’re handed yet another chocolate on Christmas day – despite the sector’s reputation for excessive partying and boozing, the PR industry is actually one of the healthiest. Which presumably means too much turkey this Christmas and you will stand out among all your healthy colleagues.

The PR sector’s good health was declared by cash plan provider Medicash, who conducted an online survey about the lifestyles of people in various different professions. It seems PR professionals, and their colleagues in marketing and advertising, drink less and are less likely to smoke. It’s the hospitality industry where people eat the most junk food and indulge in plenty of cigarettes and alcohol.

PR Week quote Medicash Sales & Marketing Director Peter Lauris, presumably fresh from a very healthy booze-free lunch, as saying: “The survey showed that stress and unsociable hours can have a negative effect on people’s ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The fact that employees in this sector find work demanding but still manage to limit the effect this has on their lifestyle is testimony to their resilience”.

Posted Friday December 18 2009 by Chris Cooke