Hello
Everyone
Is it time
to take a stand for your health? And I really mean stand?
The University
of Kansas found that people who decrease their sitting time and increase their
physical activity have a lower risk of chronic disease.
Just standing
throughout the day rather than sitting improves health and lessens the chance
of such diseases as cardiovascular, diabetes, heart, stroke, breast and colon cancer.
Anything
that reduces sitting time can help. I,
for example, have now placed my computer on top of my filing cabinet so that I
can stand and work rather than sit.
Another
strategy might be to move the printer well away from the computer so that you
have to move, and preferably walk to the printer.
This is such an important area for our health and well-being that researchers suggest trying a sit/stand desk as way to decrease sedentary time and add physical activity into the day. A sit/stand desk or workstation can adjust up and down so employees can add more standing time to their days. There are even sit/stand desks for children to stand and do homework or projects.
What can you do to take a stand for your health?
Source:
Richard R
Rosenkranz, Mitch J Duncan, Sara K Rosenkranz, Gregory S Kolt. Active lifestyles related to excellent
self-rated health and quality of life: cross sectional findings from 194,545
participants in The 45 and Up Study. BMC Public Health, 2013; 13 (1):
1071 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1071
