America's Number One Public Health Epidemic
Is in the Workplace

by Amy Scholten, M.P.H.

• It can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, immune system dysfunction, and musculoskeletal disorders such as chronic back, neck and shoulder pain.
  
  
• Evidence suggests it plays a role in the increasing rates of:
  
  
  • overweight and obesity
  • asthma
  • gastrointestinal problems
  • anxiety and depression
  • skin disorders
  • headaches
  • migraines
  • autoimmune diseases
    

    ...and more.
    

And it exists in the vast majority
of American workplaces without being acknowledged or addressed.