This is why you will do your body a HUGE favor and put a post-it on your office computer tomorrow morning entitled, "take body break, every 20 minutes."
How does one define a "body break"? By taking the name literally and giving your body a well deserved break from static sitting during the day. The break could be walking to your water cooler or taking the stairs down for some fresh air. The point here is to move your body - plain & simple.
After studying two years worth of anatomy & physiology, I knew that the fluids in the body do not circulate as efficiently when the body is stationary. But recent studies, show long-term sitting also increases our risk of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. (Link to NY Times article)
Lastly, sitting at a desk is a relatively new concept for our sophisticated machine - not so long ago we were hunting & gathering for a whole lifetime. In the meantime, long live the body break!
BODY BREAK TOOLS
In addition to the lo-tech post-it idea mentioned above, following are some additional tools to consider:
-reminder bells: a free program to download to your computer, that can remind you to take a body break
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