Working from home has its perks: Better coffee, easy commute, no fluorescent lighting. But, as any home office worker can tell you, there are also downsides: No more office social hours, no more ergonomic chairs, and no more quiet train rides to catch up on your podcasts. In this episode of the Better Off podcast, we’ll ask: Is working from home good or bad for our health?
Guests
Eileen McNeely, Founder and Executive Director of SHINE, the Health & Sustainability Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Bethany Barone Gibbs, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at West Virginia University
Credits
Host/producer: Anna Fisher-Pinkert
The Better Off team: Kristen Dweck, Elizabeth Gunner, Pamela Reynoso, Stephanie Simon, and Ben Wallace
Audio engineering and sound design: Kevin O'Connell
Additional research: Kate Becker
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This Week in Health, September 9, 2016: Responding to terrorism
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This Week in Health, August 26, 2016: Racial disparities in genetic testing
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This Week In Health, August 5, 2016: Zika and the Rio Olympics
This Week in Health, July 29, 2016: Induced labor and autism risk
This Week in Health, July 22, 2016: The dangers of excess weight
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This Week in Health, July 15, 2016: How can we make biking safer and easier?
This Week In Health, July 8, 2016: Clearing up the confusion over fat
This Week In Health, July 1, 2016: A victory for abortion access
This Week In Health, June 24, 2016: Healthy eating habits
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