Working From Home Is Healthier in Some Ways and Worse in Others

So you’ve optimized your sleep, you track your workouts and eat a pretty healthy diet. But what about the 8+ hours a day you spend working?

For most desk workers, that stretch is the great unmonitored health block. Sleep trackers and gym routines have gotten smarter. But the hours you spend hunched over a keyboard, grinding through back-to-back meetings, largely happen without any visibility into what they’re doing to your body and mind.

If you’re one of the estimated 32 million Americans (or roughly 22% of the workforce) who now works remotely, the gap is even wider. Because at least in an office, a few things keep you healthier by default… e.g., the commute, the walk across the building to different meetings, the social pressure to sit up straight. At home, these guardrails disappear – and most people don’t realize it until something starts hurting.

Here’s what the science says...

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