Are you sitting down?
by john.stodder
Published: March 25,2012
Tags: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer, health & wellness, Mayo Clinic, worker productivity
Despite a wave of evidence that too much sitting on the job triggers life-shortening illnesses, most companies and safety regulators are in no hurry to change employees’ sedentary working conditions. Among the entities reporting a connection between sitting and cancer, heart disease and other serious health problems are the American Cancer Society, the American Institute [...]
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