Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Get workers moving and add 2 years to their lives


Time to get employees out from behind their desks and moving around the workplace. A recent study predicts the health gains from anti-sitting policies.

OK. So truth be told, the study, published in the online medical journal BMJ Open, doesn’t go so far as to suggest companies implement policies to keep employees on their feet at work. But it did say limiting sitting time to three hours or less per day could add two extra years to a person’s life.
In addition, if individuals cut their TV viewing down to two hours or less per day it can add 1.4 years to their lives.

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July 12, 2012 by Christian Schappel

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