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What is it? No, not your vending machine/cafeteria options. Not employee engagement (or lack thereof).
It’s your desk. Or more specifically, the fact that you and likely the majority of your workforce sit at one all day. Combine that with the fact that employees likely sit during their commute to and from work, and then sit again watching TV in the evening. All told, it equals an average of 7.7 hours a day spent being sedentary, according to the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Kelley M. Butler is the Editor-in-Chief of Employee Benefit News, the nation's No. 1 business trade publication for benefits professionals, covering news and trends in health, retirement, work-life … Read full bio
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