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A new study shows many people work through their lunch hour. This is unhealthy. People get sick and take time off work. The study is from a health group in the U.K. Researchers interviewed over 2,000 people about what they do at lunch. Twenty per cent said they took no lunch break. They worked through their lunch hour. Half of the people said they ate their lunch at their desk. They went online, answered e-mails or went on Facebook. One in five people went outside for lunch to go shopping or get some air. Just three per cent of workers went to the gym.

The health group told companies that all staff should take a regular lunch break. Workers need more exercise at work so they do not get ill. A spokeswoman said: "Full-time workers spend a [lot] of their week at work or travelling to and from it. Finding ways to build in time to do at least 30 minutes of…physical activity, five times a week, can be a challenge." She warned that employees get sick because they do not take breaks, so companies lose money. She said we needed to find answers to the problem of inactivity. We should take responsibility for our own health.