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Workplace Wellness Tip

If available, utilize your company gym or fitness center. If a company gym or fitness center is unavailable, consider speaking with managers and leaders to create one.

Resources:
➡️ Gimenez LB, Teixeira do Amaral V, Locato G, Marçal IR, Ferron AJT, Ciolac EG. Gamification as a tool for promoting physical exercise and healthy eating habits in healthcare worker women: effects on cardiometabolic health and physical fitness at workplace. Am J Health Promot. Published online February 22, 2024.

➡️ Genin PM, Degoutte F, Finaud J, Pereira B, Thivel D, Duclos M. Effect of a 5-Month worksite physical activity program on tertiary employees overall health and fitness. J Occup Environ Med. 2017;59(2):e3-e10.

➡️ Burton WN, McCalister KT, Chen CY, Edington DW. The association of health status, worksite fitness center participation, and two measures of productivity. J Occup Environ Med. 2005;47(4):343-351.

What are your strategies?

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Workplace Wellness Tip

Optimize your sleep to arrive at work rested, alert, and happy.

A review in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (2019) concluded, “The existing evidence, although weak, suggests efforts by employers to encourage better sleep habits and general fitness result in self-reported improvements in sleep-related outcomes, and may be associated with reduced absenteeism and better overall quality of life. Candidate workplace strategies to promote sleep health are provided.”

Source: Redeker NS, Caruso CC, Hashmi SD, Mullington JM, Grandner M, Morgenthaler TI. Workplace interventions to promote sleep health and an alert, healthy workforce. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(4):649-657.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

What are your sleep strategies?

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Workplace Wellness Tip

Use cheerful nature-based screensavers for stress reduction and overall well-being.

What are your strategies?

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Workplace Wellness Tip

According to the American Optometric Association, “To help alleviate digital eyestrain, follow the 20-20-20 rule; take a 20-second break to view something 20 feet away every 20 minutes.”

Resources:
• American Optometric Association. Computer Vision Syndrome. Accessed on April 12, 2024. Available online: https://www.aoa.org/healthy-eyes/eye-...
• Pavel IA, Bogdanici CM, Donica VC, et al. Computer Vision Syndrome: An Ophthalmic Pathology of the Modern Era. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023;59(2):412.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

What are your eye strain prevention strategies?

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Tip #8: Workplace Wellness

Take vacations from work throughout the year to help improve your health, happiness and productivity.

A cross-sectional survey in the JAMA Network Open (2024) concluded, “In this cross-sectional study of 3024 physicians, the number of vacation days taken and performing patient-related work while on vacation were associated with physician burnout. System-level efforts to ensure physicians take adequate vacation and have coverage for clinical responsibilities, including EHR [electronic health record] inbox, may reduce physician burnout.”

Source: Sinsky CA, Trockel MT, Dyrbye LN, et al. Vacation days taken, work during vacation, and burnout among US Physicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(1):e2351635.

What are your vacation strategies?

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Presentation at the Library

Hello everyone,

I’ll speak at the Redondo Beach Public Library (main library) on Saturday, April 13, from 1 pm to 2 pm.

I’ll discuss tips for managing chronic back pain using lifestyle medicine strategies.

The program is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

We will raffle off 2 copies of my Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox book.

Stop by and say hello if you are in the area!

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https://library.redondo.org/

Tip #7: Workplace Wellness

Create or join a lunchtime walking or fitness club at work for physical activity and improve social connections.

A study in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2015) concluded, “Lunchtime walks improved enthusiasm, relaxation, and nervousness at work, although the pattern of results differed depending on whether between-group or within-person analyses were conducted. The intervention was effective in changing some affective states and may have broader implications for public health and workplace performance.”

Source: Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Loughren EA, Kinnafick FE, Taylor IM, Duda JL, Fox KR. Changes in work affect in response to lunchtime walking in previously physically inactive employees: A randomized trial. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015;25(6):778-787.

💡What are your work lunchtime physical activity strategies?

April Newsletter

Hello Readers! Here is the next installment of my LinkedIn newsletter. Every month, I'll share some lifestyle medicine research tips to help improve health, happiness, and performance.

In this newsletter, I will explore:
➡️ Upcoming Book – The Nature of Our Cities by Nadina Galle
➡️ New Book – The Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox by Z. Altug
➡️ LinkedIn Lifestyle Medicine Group
➡️ Happiness
➡️ Nutrition
➡️ Physical Activity
➡️ Stress
➡️ Sleep
➡️ Risky Substances
➡️ Social Connections
➡️ Nature
➡️ Art-Based Therapy

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