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A new study shows that too many people are [worked / working] through their lunch hour. Not taking a [proper / properly] lunch break is unhealthy. It can make people sick, so then they need time [on / off] work. The study is from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) in the U.K. It [interviews / interviewed] over 2,000 people [about / around] what they do for lunch at work. Twenty per cent of the workers said they did not [take / make] a lunch break. They worked [through / though] their lunch hour. Half of the people took a break but ate their lunch [at / in] their desk and surfed the Internet, answered e-mails or went on Facebook. One [in / out] five people left the workplace for lunch to go shopping or get some air, [while / whole] three per cent went to the gym.

The CSP told companies they should [entourage / encourage] all staff to take a [regular / regularly] lunch break. It said workers needed to get more exercise [for / at] work so they do not get [ill / well] . CSP spokeswoman Karen Middleton said: "Full-time workers spend a significant [bulk / hulk] of their week at work or travelling to and from it. Finding ways to build in time to do at [least / last] 30 minutes of moderate [intense / intensity] physical activity, five times a week, can be a challenge." She warned that when employees get sick [because / as] they do not take breaks, companies lose money. She said: "It is in everybody's [interesting / interests] to find ways to tackle the enormous problem of inactivity…and we would encourage people to take responsibility for their own [health / healthy] ."