Advisory Board March 15, 2023
Since the pandemic, many people are now skipping the office commute and working from home (WFH) — but being fully remote can also come with potential downsides. Writing in the New York Times, Jordan Metzl, a sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery, explains how WFH can negatively impact both your mental and physical health.
The physical impact of WFH
According to Metzl, technological advances have helped humans become more sedentary over time, often to the detriment of our health, and this trend has accelerated even more in the last few years.
During the pandemic, step counts for NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) behavior decreased as more people began to WFH. NEAT behavior refers to the daily steps...
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