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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

"Email Makes Office Workers Lazy"

From BBC News:
The explosion in e-mail use risks creating a generation of unfit, overweight office workers, say experts.

Whereas white collar workers were once forced to walk to colleagues' desks to pass on information, now all it takes is the click of a button.

As a result, many people are missing out on the little exercise available to them during the working day...

Dr. Dorian Dugmore, an international heart expert, said: "We are losing millions of hours of exercise through the explosion of e-mail..."
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