Wearing Jeans at work can benefit your health

Are you a ‘blue jean queen’ – or king – at work? Well, good for you!

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that people who wore jeans on the job logged almost 600 more steps throughout the day than they did on days when they wore business attire – like suits or slacks. That’s an extra quarter of a mile! Why would jeans make you want to move more? Experts think it’s because employees feel more comfortable in their blues, which makes them more active. But burning extra calories isn’t the only benefit of wearing jeans to work! Here are a few more. Courtesy of Men’s Health Magazine.

Wearing jeans gives you sharper vision. If you’ve got jeans on, you’re more likely to leave your desk. And leaving your desk for just 5 minutes gives your eyes some much-needed recovery time from the strain caused by staring at your computer screen. That’s the word from a study in the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal.

The next blue jean benefit is for bosses: It’ll give you a happier staff. According to researchers at Claremont Graduate University in California, employees feel better about their bosses when they see them face-to-face. Why? It’s probably because communicating by e-mail leaves room for both you – and your boss – to misinterpret each other’s words. So bosses, how can you get your employees to come see you? Let them wear jeans – so they’re more likely to get up and walk down the hall.

They’ll unclog your arteries. Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that isolated employees are more likely to develop – and die from – cardiovascular disease. But since workers move more when they wear jeans, they’ll be more likely to take a stroll down to their co-worker’s cubicle.

So let’s see. Wearing jeans to work helps you burn more calories, they preserve your peepers, give bosses a happier staff, and can unclog your arteries. I say bring on casual Friday!