Is your office making you ill?

Is your office making you ill?

Few environments are quite as unhealthy and artificial as the modern workplace. Think about it. We breathe electronically cooled air and eat bars of mass-produced chemical stodge. We force our protesting backs and hands into unnatural positions for hours at a stretch. We worry ourselves into cardiac arrest because someone we've never met on the other side of the world has failed to send us a three-line email.

And the worst part? We spend an average of 45 hours every week in this place. No wonder we'd rather stay in bed come Monday morning. But take heart - with a few simple adjustments it's entirely possible to replenish the energy that office life sucks out.

By Lucy Jolin