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HEalTHINEss
and muscle, are monitored on a monthly
basis. Many people have succeeded in losing
a lot of weight simply by starting to eat
properly and regularly,” says Pirkko Laine,
Occupational Health Nurse at the Katajanokka
clinic.
REHABILITATION PROMOTES
WELLBEING
Rehabilitation is organised in cooperation
with Kela, the Social Insurance Institution
pIRKKa OMEga-3 pRODUCT
PROMOTEs HEaLTH
Kesko Food and K-food stores are actively
increasing their selections of healthy
and balanced foods, and more functional
products are also being added to the
Pirkka range. K-food stores want to help
their customers make healthy choices
when shopping for daily groceries.
One basis of a healthy diet is a sufficient
amount of omega-3 fatty acids.
JOINT EFFORT
TO qUIT sMOKING
Rautakesko and Indoor Group started a
'Quitting smoking' campaign in September
2011. The aim of the campaign was to
encourage Kesko employees to test their
lung capacity and stop smoking.
The good results achieved in the
non-smoking campaigns of other divisions
were made use of in the campaign.
VV-Auto implemented a campaign called
'Put it out!' in 2010 and Kespro organised
a 'Towards less-smoking Kespro' campaign
in 2010–2011. K-supermarket Peltola
in Järvenpää has had the principle of
non-smoking staff since the store opened
in 2009.
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Kesko Corporate Responsibility Report 2011
of Finland. The ASLAK vocationally oriented
medical rehabilitation for those with
early symptoms and the TYK rehabilitation
courses aimed at maintaining the ability to
work are courses that are annually applied
for groups of employees operating in various
duties. Five ASLAK courses were granted in
2011 and 49 employees started rehabilitation
on them.
AD Sirkka Paldanius from Anttila department
store marketing and Anneli Teräspää,
The Pirkka vegetable fat spread 38%
omega-3 improves the fatty acid composition
of a diet. Fish oil has been added to
the spread, which makes it rich with omega-3
fatty acids. Furthermore, the spread
is salt-free and fortified with vitamins A,
B, D and E.
Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated
fatty acids, which should make up
In September, Kesko organised two
events in Hakkila, Vantaa, where employees
were given advice, lung capacity tests
and carbon monoxide measurements.
The events attracted 88 people, of whom
24 were smokers, 26 ex-smokers and 38
non-smokers.
All those who had low values at blow
tests or had symptoms were advised to
contact the Occupational Health Service
for evaluating the need for and performing
more detailed inspections.
Ten people started the 'Quitting smoking'
campaign and three of them stopped
smoking. There was also a peer group in
Anttila's Purchasing Specialist, attended the
ASLAK course organised at the premises of
Kuntoutus Orton Oy in Helsinki in 2011.
During the four weeks, Sirkka and Anneli
had an opportunity to focus on themselves
and learn how to control stress. They tried
many new sports – from qigong and Flexi-
Bar to various types of aquabics.
one percent of our daily intake of energy.
Good sources of omega-3 are fish oil
and vegetable oils. According to Finnish
nutritional recommendations, the daily
diet should contain around 2–3 grams of
omega-3 fatty acids.
Hakkila, which met once a month. Participants
of the peer group considered the
support given there as important.
Rautakesko and Indoor Group contribute
to successful quitting of smoking by
paying for the expenses of withdrawal and
medical treatment.