According to CIO Magazine, being more healthy at work can be achieved by watching out for 10 pitfalls. Here are a couple of quotes from the article. Do you see yourself here?

• Extended sitting can cause deep vein thrombosis and poor cardiac and metabolic health.

• Eating while focusing on something else, like work, results in eating faster and consuming more calories

• About 80% of American’s polled reported spending 7 extra hours a week checking email or returning calls after business hours. That’s 30 hours a month!

• US employees only use 51% of their paid leave/vacation…and 61% of those who do take time off are working at least some of that time.

• And – did you know that piles of papers on your desk are probably full of dust and dust mites? They might aggravate your allergies and even cause asthma! Yuk!!

Thanks to Annie P for sharing this helpful article.