2023-07-03 10:27:00
I wrote – Rabab Fathi Monday, July 03, 2023 01:27 PM
Health experts have warned of the harm caused by remote work to some people, three years after the Corona epidemic caused a mass exodus of employees from offices.
And the American newspaper “The Hill” said that about 22 million Americans are still working completely remotely until March 2023, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
And the newspaper considered that the shift to remote work has changed the lives of many working adults, such as those who have disabilities or provide care for family members, and surveys show that Americans as a whole love working from home.
But doing so has its downsides, as remote work has been linked to poor sleep and relaxation and mental health problems. It also poses a threat to physical health.
Health experts fear that a sedentary lifestyle could lead to blood clots and long-term health problems, with less movement of teleworkers during the day.
The world has been suffering from a lack of physical activity for years. And in 2008, about 31 percent of people 15 and older were “insufficiently physically active,” according to WHO data.
This crisis appears to have been exacerbated by pandemic-related lockdowns and may have been exacerbated by telecommuting, according to Ross Arena, a professor of physical therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
“One of the big questions is will we go back again? Or will it become the new normal for the world to move less?” Arena said.
And the average teleworker takes just 16 steps from their bed to their workplace, according to a 2022 survey from Upright, an app that promotes good back health. Numerous studies show that these workers are less physically active than their office counterparts.
The same survey also found that 54 percent of remote and part-remote workers believe their movements during the workday have shrunk by 50 percent or more over the past year.
And a 2021 analysis from Standford University found that between 2007 and 2016, the average time American adults spent sitting increased from 5.5 to 6.4 hours a day. By April 2020, 40% of American adults were sitting more than eight hours a day.
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