
Eating lunch at your desk can help you finish off your work quickly, but it can also increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which, if untreated, may turn fatal.
Recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed that more than 3,700 people died of DVT over the last year, with the number of deaths among people under 40 years rising from 67 in 2007 to 94 in 2010.
Now a new survey carried out by UK-based research consultancy, ComRes has found that more than 73 percent of office workers admitted to eating their lunch on their desks. The researchers added that that chances of developing DVT was double among the workers who spend nearly 10 hours every day sitting in front of their computers.
Source: Medindia