Why It’s Time We Paid Employees to Exercise at Work [Medium.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/24/154:00 AM

Is your job killing you?

According to death statistics from 2011 compiled by the CDC, the top three killers in the United States are heart disease, cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases like emphysema. Collectively these diseases killed 1,316,211 Americans that year.

Far too many of these deaths were preventable. It’s no secret that regular exercise and a good diet can dramatically reduce rates of heart disease. Nonetheless, nearly 80 percent of American adults don’t get the recommended amount of exercise each week (2.5 hours of moderate aerobic activity or 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous activity).

[For more of this story, written by Ryan Holmes, go to https://medium.com/@invoker/wh...at-work-a2e320626992]

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