I read an article about the best and worst jobs for your health and it’s really so ironic that one of the worst jobs for your health is the one that are tasked in keeping all of us healthy. With that, I’m sure you know it already.
Anyway, it is the healthcare shift workers like nurses and doctors who are in the position at increased risks of diabetes, heart disease, sleep disorders and a lot more to mention. But surprisingly, healthcare professionals were only at number five from the lists of the worst jobs and topping the list are the desk jockey. Meaning those who work right in front of the desk with a sedentary and indoor lifestyle, in fact, they are facing long term health and wellness problem.
Next in line are firefighters and police officers, manual laborer, lawyers and of course the nurses and doctors who are supposedly assigned in keeping us healthy yet aren’t able to do the same for themselves. In fact, in the study published in the Journal of Nursing Administration shows that about 55% of nurses surveyed were obese.
Rotating shifts links to higher risks of heart disease and that long hours of work and short sleep duration may disrupt the sleeping patterns. And we all know that our body clock plays a big role in the regulation of blood sugar, blood pressure and insulin thus putting them at the forefront among the unhealthiest jobs for your heart.
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I should be luck then as my line of work is not included in the list.. but still, I am not healthy enough.
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Ironic, isn’t it?
Good thing I’m now a stay at home mom! I once was a desk jockey for 13 years! yikes! Although I may say I’m not fit and healthy now.
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Oh no, regular office workers like me are at risk. Good thing I have a healthy lifestyle.
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Love doing what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life. you won’t be stressed at all if you love your job,,
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But those with rotating shift would really have a hard time managing their changing body clocks.
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yeah stress and sleepless nights are the worst and I suffer from both. oh no! ;(
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WHew. my work is not in line with those who may have unhealthiest jobs but my sleeping pattern is really bad.. Anyways, call center agents are not involved?
Programmers were not mentioned. Still, ours has a very sedentary lifestyle :3
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yes this is true, a lot of my relatives are in the medical field and yet they are sickly but they became better or healthier when they stopped working in the hospital and shifted to business =)
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i have an unhealthy job and i also need to improve on my unhealthy lifestyle
Geez. I don’t know if I can be considered as a “desk jockey” because my job requires me to face the pc the whole time if i’m not in an event or interview.
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I have a problem with my breathing now. I already have my ECG but its negative. Maybe your right, my lifestyle change. I have my net cafe shop here so I have to close late at night and woke up at 8am. Not good.
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I’m surprised that call center reps are not included in the list. It definitely fits the descriptions mentioned here.
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Health is wealth. In every work, risk is always involved. Better have a healthy lifestyle for a healthier body.
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nice to know that. but still the health care field gets a better salary though.
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Being a writer makes me a likely candidate for this but I’m hoping my mommy activities will offset my sedentary lifestyle while working.
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very true! we need to follow our own body clock. whenever i travel i tend to eat much trying to make my self awake or trying to be in a good mode. though i don’t get fat! xx
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Desk jockey… white collar jobs? agree.. we just got to walk, stand, run!!! and not remain static!
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Thanks for the info I will let my friends who are in this profession about what you shared
This is really interesting. Come to think of it… call center agents are underpaid no matter how high they are paid. Health is wealth, after all.
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this is true but then healthcare professionals especially doctors are the most difficult of patients…maybe because they know what to expect in terms of morbidity and mortality and know the futility of it all…
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wow … being on the field with the wild is also high risk … but not with the health … but with physical and emotional …
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