Remote Work Involves Too Much Sitting – Study Reveals Worrying Difference From Work Done in the Workplace

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Remote workers who participated in a study by the University of Turku were on site for almost two hours more during their workday than those who work in the office.

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According to a recent study by the University of Turku, remote work involves more sitting than office work or physical work at the workplace. The differences are particularly visible in working hours: those doing physical work sit for an average of three and a half hours a day, office workers for four hours and eight minutes, but remote and hybrid workers sit for up to five and a half hours. The study examined the effects of different forms of w…