The average person who works in an office spends a third of their productive hours in the office achieving task and interacting with colleagues and other stakeholders. Have you ever given a thought to how your lifestyle in the office affects your health? Read this presentation to find out 13 office lifestyles negatively impacting on your health.
5. Working in the Dark
You’re always working alone
Straining your eyes
Slouching on your chair
Stealing from your quality ‘after work’ home
time
Positioning yourself as an easy prey for crime.
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6. Sitting for too
long
Metabolic Syndrome
A name given to multiple problems that include high cholesterol levels,
high blood pressure, high-fat levels around the waist and increased blood
sugar levels
Reverse Exercising
DVT – Deep Vein Thrombosis
Clot that forms in your leg, often because you sit still for too long
Weight gain.
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14. Working long hours
Heart attack
Obesity
Muscular and posture damage
Strain on the eye
Easy prey of crime
Increased fatigue
Low productivity
Poor social life.
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15. Prolonged Staring at a screen10
Eye strain
Dry eyes
Blurry vision
Headaches.
16. Hiding in the shade
Vitamin D is produced by the body when the skin is hit by
UVB rays, with 7-dehydrocholesterol being the resulting
chemical. But most glass windows block this wavelength
meaning you can't reap the health benefits.
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Soft and weak bones
Hair loss
Impaired wound healing.
20. KEY TAKE OUTS
1. Working in the dark
2. Sitting or to long
3. Foodies
4. Long meetings
5. Printer neighbours
6. Keyboard and mouse usage
7. Smartphones
8. Laptop on lap
9. Working long hours
10. Prolonged Staring at screen
11. Hiding in the shade
12. Human toxicity
13. ChloroFloroCarbon emission
Get proactive
Reform any habit that you think isn’t helping make you
healthier
Get closer to nature
Believe and live your dream life
Smart work pays, not necessarily hard work