Study: Time off work for exercise increases productivity
Taking time out of the work week for an employee exercise program may lead to increased productivity — despite the reduction in work hours, reports a study in the August issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
In the study, one group of employees at a large Swedish public dental health organization was assigned to a mandatory exercise program carried out during regular work hours: 2½ hours per week. Another group received the same reduction in work hours, but no exercise program. (A third group worked regular hours with no exercise program.) The researchers were Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, PhD, and Henna Hasson, PhD, of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.