Forbes March 29, 2024
Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D.

Just 100 to 150 years ago in the United States, the average middle-class job entailed significantly more physical activity and labor oriented tasks than today. Studies have repeatedly indicated that the modern day workplace emphasizes a much higher premium on social and analytical skills, whereas physical and manual skills have increasingly faded in importance. The net result of this entails more desk jobs or sedentary tasks and less physical movement; when holistically netted across the global economy over the course of multiple decades, this phenomenon has certainly made a significant impact on human health.

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