Tag: sitting
How’s this for a pretty simple way that could help you lose weight: stand for three hours a day at the office.
An exercise scientist in England calculated that if you make like Ernest Hemingway and stand while you work and do so for three hours of your work day, you burn an extra 144 calories per day. Doesn’t sound like much, but when you work five days a week, that totals more than 30,000 calories a year — which translates to losing more than eight pounds annually. And that’s without changing any other habits.
Now I just need to find myself a chic lectern-style desk…think West Elm makes one? š
(Magnetic timer, Anthropologie)
January 15, 2013
Sit less and you could help reduce your cancer risk: new findings from a researcher at the Alberta Health Sciences-Cancer Care suggest that:
- 37,200 cases of lung cancer
- 30,600 cases of prostate cancer
- 12,000 cases of endometrial cancer
- and 1,800 of ovarian cancer
could be prevented if people were more active.
My latest motivation to get out and active? The flashy Nike sneakers I received at the Nike San Francisco Women’s Half-Marathon. Love the hot pink laces (they came with an extra set of black laces, but why on earth would I opt for boring black over these?!)
November 7, 2011
Living lifeĀ Ć la George Clooney in Up in theĀ Air–that is travelling all the time for work–results in poor BMI and obesity, says a study published in theĀ Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Actually, referring to this business travel as down on the ground rather than up in the air is more accurate, as 81 percent was conducted in cars (in this study at least). And as you might expect, it’s theĀ poor food choices while on the road and spending much time sitting that were leading factors to the health issues.
More specifically, employees who travelled 20 days or more per month had average BMI of 27.5kg/m2 compared to 26.1 for employees who travelled less than six days monthly.
Business travel not looking so glamorous anymore, eh?
May 3, 2011
