WORK

North Dakota is home to a highly trained and productive workforce; North Dakotans are known across the United States for our strong work ethic. Because the workplace is where many of us spend a majority of our day, it’s where Healthy North Dakota is working to help make worksites places where North Dakotans can make healthy choices.

As a national average, people are spending 50 hours per week at work (Harris Interactive Poll, 2004). In North Dakota:

• More than 316,000 (63%) of residents over 16 years old are in the workforce
• There are nearly 24,000 businesses
• 76% of North Dakota adults under 65 years have employer-based group health insurance. 
• If working people don’t have access to fruits and vegetables on the job, you’ll need to eat 1-2 servings every waking hour after work to get 5-9 servings a day!!
• If working people don’t have a way to be active during work hours, you’ll need to be active before or after work to get the recommended minimum 30 minutes daily.