A desk worker turned out to take a walk with lunch and having a refreshing feeling from the afternoon

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The latest research revealed that walking at lunch makes it possible to handle stress against work well and to increase motivation.

Changes in work affect in response to lunchtime walking in previous ... - PubMed - NCBI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25559067

The Benefits of a Lunch Hour Walk - NYTimes.com
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/stressed-at-work-try-a-lunchtime-walk/


In past studies, there are many studies on what kind of effects the walking and other exercises affect the human emotions in somewhat longer periods such as weekly and monthly That's right. But,Cecilie Thogersen-NtoumaniIn the latest research carried out mainly by Mr., investigation on the influence of exercise on human emotion in a shorter time is carried out.

In the research, we asked desk workers to work while sitting and tried three times a week, 30 minutes for lunch. It was 56 middle-aged women who became subjects, and it was difficult to collect male subjects.

Subjects are tested for health, fitness and mood before starting the experiment, and then randomly divided into two groups. One group walks for lunch at ten weeks and the other starts a walk after ten weeks. In order to immediately investigate the state of lunch after two groups, in the experiment, we asked subjects about stress, degree of strain, enthusiasm, workload, motivation, physical fatigue etc. in the morning and afternoon using a special application in the morning and afternoon He said that he measured the change in the subject's emotion. We had walks at lunch time at their own pace, there was absolutely no necessity to walk a designated distance, it seems OK if we only walked for more than 30 minutes.

The first group repeatedly took a walk at lunchtime for 10 weeks, then the other group started walking for lunch. After 10 weeks from the start of the experiment, the first group will not be obliged to take a walk at lunch time, but many examinees say that they continued their walks.

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And, as a result of the experiment, when we walked at lunch time, I felt more enthusiastic about the work than the group who did not take a walk, I understood that the tension was dissolved and it became a state of relaxation in general. In addition, it seems that it was clear that the mood was greatly improved after the walk even if comparing the data on the mood when walking and not taking a walk.

Though research on productivity is not conducted, it can not be asserted that "Productivity at work improves", but Thogersen - Ntoumani said "We are more productive for those who walked at lunch time I expect it will be. "

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However, from the subjects, the words "I can not think that I can continue walking even after the experiment" are missing, there are also subjects who drop out because I can not keep up with the program during the experiment.