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- When I used to work, I rarely had meetings.


- The most common ones were individual meetings, discussing what could be
improved or some changes in the store
- Well, when I work, I'm on my feet all day, excluding the half-hour lunch break,
and then at home for 1 or 2 hours. Personally, I prefer to stand and walk.
- Well, when I work, I'm on my feet all day, excluding the half-hour lunch break,
and then at home for 4 or 5 hours. Personally, I prefer to stand and walk.

2.
a) Limited or no privacy
e) Health problems due to sitting
f) A too stressful and dynamic environment
d) Too much overtime
c) Noise in open-plan offices
b) Too much time wasted on meetings
g) Eating snacks and ready-made meals
h) Causes sight problems (looking at the screen all day)

3.
-9.3 hours a day people sit on average
-10% of breast/colon cancer is caused by lack of physical activity
-7% of type 2 diabetes is caused by lack of physical activity
20-30 miles a week, that’s how much people could do on walking meeting

4.
a) You could take care of your health, or you could take care of obligations.
b) First, there's this amazing thing about actually getting out of the box.
c) And if we're going to solve problems and look at the world really differently.
d) So I started this talk talking about the tush, so I'll end with the bottom line
(…).
e) You'll be surprised at how fresh air drives fresh thinking.

5.
a) tush 1) rear-end, bottom
b) get off your duff 2) stand up and start doing things
c) huff and puff 2) breathe very hard
d) out-of-the-box thinking 1) original approach to a problem
e) the bottom line 2) the main or essential point

6.
- Yes, because practically in all jobs, you are seated, and at home as well
because you are tired. You can do exercise.
- Yes, because it gives you problems in the back; the important thing is to
exercise.
- I sleep 6 hours, and on a normal day, I am seated for about 5 hours.
- I go to the gym and do cardio. No, I don't get tired so quickly.
- Because walking stimulates your imagination.
- No, because meetings have to be serious since when they are held, it is to
discuss some important matter. Humans were not created to do two things at
once
- That being seated for so long is bad and can lead to colon cancer.

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