Belonging in smaller spaces: student voices reshaping inclusion.

Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers, remain a major public health challenge and an increasing occupational health concern. Sedentary work patterns, prolonged sitting, and limited opportunities for movement have been recognized as workplace-related exposures that may contribute to metabolic risk, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and reduced well-being [, ]. Nutrition is an important component of workers’ health, productivity, and occupational well-being. As work environments have shifted from physically demanding to predominantly desk-based settings, attention has increasingly turned toward lifestyle-related chronic conditions and their behavioral risk factors among employees [, ]. White-collar employees, whose work is predominantly cognitive and desk-based, are particularly vulnerable to musculoskeletal disorders, obesity, and other lifestyle-related chronic conditions due to prolonged sedentary behavior and unhealthy dietary habits [–]. Workplace interventions promoting healthy eating and physical activity have demonstrated positive effects on health outcomes and lifestyle behaviors among office workers [–].