With half of us spending an estimated 60% of our waking lives at work, the workplace is ideal for promoting healthy lifestyles. Well@Work, led by the BHF, was the first UK project to set up and evaluate workplace health schemes.

Funded by Sport England, the Big Lottery Fund and the Department of Health, Well@Work linked up with 32 organisations and reached a potential 10,000 workers. The projects focused on physical activity, with schemes ranging from walking clubs to salsa dancing. Diet and nutrition played a big part, with weight loss competitions, healthy eating workshops and healthier canteen options.

Tarnya Darling was a Well@Work success story. She swapped cigarettes for cycling, improved her diet and was a real force for change, organising activities and motivating colleagues. She told us: "My health has come on leaps and bounds - my whole lifestyle has changed. I used to find exercise scary but now it's fun".

Key findings of Loughborough University's project evaluation were revealed in February 2008. The scheme was a great success, with many employees making positive changes to their lifestyles. Well@Work has shown workplace health schemes are crucial to tackling rising obesity and declining physical activity levels by helping people make healthy lifestyle choices and promoting health messages. Dame Carol Black, National Director for Health and Work, said: "Good health means good business. Employers have a crucial role to play in making wellness at work a reality for all, not a privilege for the few." The full evaluation will be released in July 2008 and eight of the eleven projects are ongoing. The BHF will continue working with employers and other organisations to develop workplace health and help employees get active via our Think fit! website.

To find out how to get your staff up and running and eating their five a day, visit bhf.org.uk/thinkfit