17 ways your office job is destroying your health

The modern office seems like a relatively safe place — after all, you're probably not dangling out of a 44th-floor window with a squeegee.

In fact, on any given workday, you encounter a number of health threats — think repetitive strain injury from using a mouse and anxiety from dealing with a tyrannical boss.

Below, Business Insider has rounded up all the surprising ways in which your office job might be slowly destroying your health.

Consider it an opportunity to swap some of your current work habits for better ones that will keep you happy and healthy.

Jacquelyn Smith, Rachel Sugar, Vivian Giang, and Kim Bhasin contributed to earlier versions of this article.

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