From the codirector of
the Mayo Clinic / Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and
inventor of the treadmill desk comes a fascinating wake-up call about our
sedentary lifestyle.
That the average adult
spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works
in an office environment. But few realize the health consequences they are suffering
as a result of modernity’s increasingly sedentary lifestyle, or the effects it
has had on society at large. In Get Up!, health expert James A. Levine’s
original scientific research shows that today’s chair-based world, where we no
longer use our bodies as they evolved to be used, is having negative
consequences on our health, and is a leading cause of diabetes, cancer, and
heart disease. Over the decades, humans have moved from a primarily active
lifestyle to one that is largely sedentary, and this change has reshaped every
facet of our lives—from social interaction to classroom design. Levine shows
how to throw off the shackles of inertia and reverse these negative trends
through simple changes in our daily lives.
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