Two-thirds of young adults have ‘work-from-home back’: study
Public Health,Polls,United Kingdom,Labor,Business,Millennials,Gen Z,Remote Work
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If you’ve been having more back problems since working from home, you’re not alone.
A new poll conducted by the British self-care campaign Mind Your Back has discovered a new phenomenon among young adults: WFH back.
The survey of 1,000 adults across the United Kingdom aimed to see how the COVID-19 pandemic changed daily habits and found a rising number — two-thirds — of Brits aged 18 to 29 experienced back pain they didn’t have prior to the pandemic.
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