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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Nov 2015, p. 17

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I 4 i WATERUX) CHRONICLE ' Thursday. November 26, 2015 - I7 1 t l | 1 râ€" ?" f â€" ”f N‘ f ,, “1 l Asking for so me support ' l ’h l ' h l h 1 Study says 4 out of 5 Canadians want emp oyers e p staying ea t y L Bit BOBVRMNM‘ ize walking groups during their lunch break v j ("hgrgrirgfiui g g 7 “It helps to support them in keeping healthy and managing any health risk.” said l pending a lot of time sitting at your desk. (kisselman. : ‘ not mtmng around while staring at the The big key in any of those activities is j l sum-n. has been identified asa health risk prevention. 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