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Scary Facts About How Your Office Job Is Killing You

CONGRATS! WORKIS MURDER You're Hired! Over 80% of Americans work in jobs that require little to no physical activity, and the effects are starting to show. From a growing trend in obesity to unprecedented stress levels to a growth in heart disease, the question arises: Is work killing you? YOU! YES, YOU! YOUR JOB MAKES YOU FAT 292,345,090 Americans do not get the minimum level of exercise for good health. 방 L DANG 65% AMERIC ANS BURN 140 FEWER CALORIES A DAY THAN THEY DID 50 YEARS AGO. of Americans meet US ONLY minimum physical guideline requirements at work. THIS A DDS U :TO 51,100 CALORIES FOR AN AVERAGE WEIGHT GAIN : OF 14.6 POUNDS :EACH Y EAR. IN 1960s 2012 NEARLY HALF OF ALL JOBS REQUIRE PHYSICAL LESS THAN 20% DO ACTIVITY. 1 IN 3 AMERICANS IS OBESE: DID YOU KNOW? PER DAY OBESE PEOPLE SIT FOR 2.5 HOURS SRON 1980 FI 2000 MORE THAN THIN PEOPLE TO Time spent sitting down increased by just 8% Exercise rates stayed the same The obesity rate doubled YOUR JOB MAKES YOU SICK TWO THIRDS OF WORKING AMERIC ANS 75% OF THOSE WORKERS SUFFER FROM EYE AND VISION PROBL EMS USE A COMPUTER AT WORK PEOPLE WITH ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM HEART DISEASE THAN THOSE WITH ACTIVE JOBS. SEDENTARY JOBS The electrical activity in your legs shuts off. Fat-reducing enzymes drop by 90% Calorie burning slows to 1 calorie per minute WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT YOUR x2 People who sit down all day have twice the rate of cardiovascular disease COMPUTER: than people who stand O---- ..-- In 2006 there were 9,279 urgent care visits for computer related injuries. GROSS! The average office keyboard harbors five times the amount of germs found in a public bathroom. And stresSs makes it worse THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS SAY WORK IS STRESSFUL ONE OUT OF FOUR SAY IT IS THE MOST STRESSFUL THING IN THEIR LIVES. IMILLION WORKERS CALL IN SICK TO WORK EVERY DAY DUE TO STRESS WORKPLACE STRESS COSTS US EMPLOYERS $288 BILLION PER YEAR That's as much as 5 million average Americans will make in a year. IN STRESS-RELATED EXPENSES IN THE AVERAGE WORK PLACE: 42% OF WORKERS SIER REPORT THAT YELLING AND VERBAL ABUSE IS COMMON 10% HAV E BEEN IN A WORK PHY ENVIRONMENT WHERE STRESS HAS CAUSED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE VIOLENCE IN THE US ALONE, THE COST OF STRESSED OUT WORKERS ADDS UP TO AS MUCH AS $300 BILLION ANNUALLY 900 SO, YOU ASK HOW CAN YOU STAY HEALTHY AND HAPPY #1 STAND AND STRETCH A FEVAI TIMES A DAY GO FOR A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK. GET STÓKED! #2 STAY RADICAL! #4 STAY ACTIVE AFTER WORK: A EACH HOUR YOU SP END KEEP H AND SANITIZER AT YOUR DESK AND WASH YOUR HANDS REGULARLY WATCHING TV HEIGHT ENS #3 YOUR RISK OF DEATH BY 11% FOR LESS STRAIN ON YOUR BACK, SIT AT A 135 DEGREE ANGLE WHILE YOU WORK ONLINEUNIVERSITY.NET BY NO ND SOURCES http://health.msn.com/healthy-living/sedentary-jobs-helping-to-drive-obesity-epidemic http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/22/desk.job.bad.health/index.html http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/technology/ http://www.prio.com/press/magazine/nyt.html http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/articlell10712.ece http://www.ssa.gov/oact/COLA/AWI.html http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/99su/stress.html http://www.stress.org/job.htm http://pps.sagepub.com/content/5/4/378.abstract CRAZY WHACK MONX NOA dld

Scary Facts About How Your Office Job Is Killing You

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Over 80% of Americans work in jobs that require little to no physical activity, and the effects are starting to show. From a growing trend in obesity to unprecedented stress levels to a growth in hear...

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