The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 70 At work The workplace has become an increasingly sedentary environment, as most people nowadays work in the service sector, which is generally associated with desk jobs. Our habits and lifestyles tend to be characterised by immobility, with over three quarters of people in France spending more than three hours a day in front of a screen 17 . Paris 2024 sets out to promote physical activity and sport at work and increase the number of employees from partner marketing companies and officials from ‘Terre de Jeux 2024’ areas that engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity and sport every day. AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR WORKERS ON GAMES CONSTRUCTION SITES Paris 2024 wants to team up with its service providers and partner marketing companies to get people moving more at work. With the relevant stakeholders, particularly Solideo, Paris 2024 wants to get workers on Games construction sites to do daily warm-up exercises before they get down to work, increase their awareness of the benefits of daily physical activity and train representatives. Even though construction jobs are not sedentary by nature, programmes like this reduce workplace accidents, make workers aware they can engage in physical activity and sport, as well as help teams mix and bond with one another. Discussions with Solideo are underway and the first programmes will be launched in 2021. © – skynesher/Getty Images 17. Esteban 2014-2016, a health study on the environment, biomonitoring, physical activity and nutrition published by the French National Public Health Agency
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