If you’re sitting at your desk reading this then it’s probably time that you got up and got moving. Recent research presented last week at an Occupational Psychology conference, suggests that the average worker spends 5 hours and 41 minutes sitting at their desk, doing little for either their physical or mental health.
According to Dr Myanna Duncan and colleagues from the Work & Health Research Centre at Loughborough University, people who sit for extended periods at work are also likely to sit more at home with corresponding increases in their BMI scores and waistlines. In an 18 month survey, 70% of employees did not meet the guidelines for physical activity. Dr Duncan’s advice is to “go and talk to your colleagues face to face, it’s a lot more sociable and better for you than emailing them.” For more details about the survey, read this article and others on Occupational Health on the Psypost website http://www.psypost.org/2012/01/office-workers-spend-too-much-time-at-their-desks-9087
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