“A new study shows that every hour per day spent in front of that monitor raises your risk of early death from heart disease by a whopping 18%—even if you’re not obese and you exercise. It also raises the risk of dying from cancer 8%, and all causes 11%.”

Well how are we supposed to do our jobs if we’re not at the flippin’ monitor? If your work day is anything like mine- everything takes place at the computer, leaving you few options. On that same note, our team works remote a lot of the time, so in order to communicate effectively, we need to be available… via e-mail, chat or Skype. That doesn’t leave much time for me to escape to the gym.

Turns out you don’t have to do that much exercise to tip the scale in your favor, according to this other Newser.com article. Keep Reading