Committees to improve office health
19/8/2004 11:15
Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
Health promotion
committees have been formed with three office buildings in downtown Jing'an
District, constituting of office workers, property managers of the buildings and
managers of the buildings' enterprise tenants, today's Shanghai Morning Post
reported.
The buildings are among the first five in the district to pilot an
office health program, which is planned to cover 200 office buildings in the
district next year.
While making regular environment checks to the offices
and reporting the results to the property managers to improve the environment,
the committees will organize sports and health activities to improve the health
of office workers.
According to Shi Lierong, Jing'an's health official, most
office workers are in the sub-health status.
In a latest survey by the
district's health authority on 1,000 employees working in the district's five
office buildings, more than 80 percent usually complain headache, dizziness and
difficulty to concentrate when stepping into their offices.
In addition to
the poor ventilation conditions of the closed offices and the strong radiation
from computers and other electric appliances, a sedentary life style is blamed
for the deteriorating health status.
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