A Bright Idea: Stand Up When You Applaud

“Stand up when you applaud!”

Jim Sallis, director of Active Living Research, started today’s session with a group stretch and a call to walk the talk around physical activity.  Sitting down for two hours at a time isn’t good for you, he argued.  The solution?  A standing ovation – or several.

Jim’s active applause is motivated by new data showing that sitting is a risk factor for obesity and chronic diseases like diabetes.  “Even at the same amount of sitting,” Sallis said, “breaking it up by standing reduces the physical impact.”

Activity breaks – even brief ones like standing to applaud – can keep the body healthy and the mind awake.

And that, says Sallis, is a good thing.  ”It’s just one way to build physical activity into our daily routines.”

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