Posts Tagged ‘health’
Eating lunch at work is bad for you
Yet more research on the detriment of not taking a proper lunch break. Especially if you’re one of the 54% of office workers who work through your lunch break. We have a culture of working long hours – there’s almost an unofficial competition as to who can work the most hours, get in first and…
Read MoreAre you too busy to be stressed?
We feel stress when we’re under pressure, tense, anxious and frustrated. When demands on us are too much to deal with and we feel we’re not able to cope or feel overwhelmed. While many people enjoy the demands of a busy job or being able to juggle several projects at one time, symptoms of stress…
Read MoreGive yourself an MOT
It might be something to do with having passed a significant birthday but I seem to be indulging in a bit of a health MOT – which can only be a good thing. We MOT and service our cars regularly and they’re only lumps of metal and plastic – so why not MOT yourself. While…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2012
Today is International Women’s Day – the one day a year when we celebrate women’s achievements around the world. Now if this seems discriminatory – consider that women around the world, in many countries are still the oppressed minority. While the situation is improving for many women in different countries, there’s still a way to…
Read MoreVolunteering: Hairy Bikers Meals On Wheels
The Hairy Bikers are on a mission to rejuvenate the aging (in more ways than one) Meals On Wheels service. At it’s peak the Meals on Wheels service provided over 34 million daily hot meals to the elderly and infirm but it’s been dramatically reduced and it’s not a service that is available across the…
Read More15 Minutes Of Daily Exercise For Better Health
15 minutes of regular moderate activity every day helps to increase your life expectancy by three years and cut your risk of ‘death’ by 14%, according to recent research. Exercise can seem like hard work and it’s certainly one of the things that people never have time for. But it doesn’t have to be either…
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