{"id":518970,"date":"2026-07-10T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:34:07","slug":"working-from-home-could-make-you-fat-research-from-rmit-university-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518970\/","title":{"rendered":"Working from home could make you fat, research from RMIT University shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australians who work from home do less exercise, eat more food and are at greater risk of becoming obese, according to new research that opens a new front in the debate over the benefits of remote work.<\/p>\n

The findings, published in the Economic Papers journal, comes as the Allan government in Victoria prepares to introduce laws that<\/a> would give millions of workers in the state the right to work from home for two days a week, despite warnings from business leaders it will hurt investment and productivity.<\/p>\n

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