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From the article: > Of the 2.96 million deaths, 2.6 million are due to diseases derived from employment such as circulatory problems, cancer, and respiratory d

From the article: > Of the 2.96 million deaths, 2.6 million are due to diseases derived from employment such as circulatory problems, cancer, and respiratory diseases. The remaining 330,000 are related to work accidents. It's hardly surprising a cushy office spares of you of most of these issues. I'm happy to hear your career has been a successful one, but what you describe is completely unrelated to the submitted article.

DetroitThrow 3y ago
never waste a good opportunity for unsolicited bragging, even in your 40s, jeez
hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Curious take. I would think that "a cushy office", which normally means sitting for very long periods, would directly lead to many of these issues over the long term. Indeed, I've seen many research reports and articles over the past decade declaring "sitting is the new smoking".
- switchbak 3y ago
  Sitting is pretty bad, yes. And it's also incredibly common - which is why it gets the press it does. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle, it's a recipe for serious and predictably poor health outcomes. But it isn't half as hard as extended periods of hard physical labour, day after day, especially as you grow older. Doubly so if you don't have proper medical care, and your employer doesn't tolerate sick days. These folks have it _much_ harder than we do.
  - Clubber 3y ago
    I dunno, is getting exercise all day at work better or worse for your health than sitting down all day at work? Naturally hazardous jobs like coal mines excluded.
    - bluefirebrand 3y ago
      It's not just "getting exercise all day" Manual labor jobs overtax people's bodies. They get older and break down hard. They commonly turn to substance abuse to try and help themselves get through it all.
      - Clubber 3y ago
        Some jobs do, but the substance abuse part can be said for chair jobs as well.
- potatopatch 3y ago
  Nonetheless, the article's examples sound like clearly attributable job specific cancer risks. Cancer decades later from lots of longterm sitting are harder to account and probably not included.
pwthornton 3y ago
I actually don't think sitting even more for working 12+ hour days and pulling all nights is good for any of this. I'd love to know more about the OP's health history and physical fitness. I agree that it is easier to work more and harder when you are younger. These are also the best years of your life to build a foundation of fitness for the rest of your life. Pulling all nighters is not health for anyone. It's just when we are younger we are able to bounce back quicker from poor decisions like this.

DetroitThrow 3y ago

never waste a good opportunity for unsolicited bragging, even in your 40s, jeez

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago

Curious take. I would think that "a cushy office", which normally means sitting for very long periods, would directly lead to many of these issues over the long term. Indeed, I've seen many research reports and articles over the past decade declaring "sitting is the new smoking".

switchbak 3y ago
Sitting is pretty bad, yes. And it's also incredibly common - which is why it gets the press it does. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle, it's a recipe for serious and predictably poor health outcomes. But it isn't half as hard as extended periods of hard physical labour, day after day, especially as you grow older. Doubly so if you don't have proper medical care, and your employer doesn't tolerate sick days. These folks have it _much_ harder than we do.
- Clubber 3y ago
  I dunno, is getting exercise all day at work better or worse for your health than sitting down all day at work? Naturally hazardous jobs like coal mines excluded.
  - bluefirebrand 3y ago
    It's not just "getting exercise all day" Manual labor jobs overtax people's bodies. They get older and break down hard. They commonly turn to substance abuse to try and help themselves get through it all.
    - Clubber 3y ago
      Some jobs do, but the substance abuse part can be said for chair jobs as well.
potatopatch 3y ago
Nonetheless, the article's examples sound like clearly attributable job specific cancer risks. Cancer decades later from lots of longterm sitting are harder to account and probably not included.

pwthornton 3y ago

I actually don't think sitting even more for working 12+ hour days and pulling all nights is good for any of this. I'd love to know more about the OP's health history and physical fitness. I agree that it is easier to work more and harder when you are younger. These are also the best years of your life to build a foundation of fitness for the rest of your life. Pulling all nighters is not health for anyone. It's just when we are younger we are able to bounce back quicker from poor decisions like this.