movement = life and health; inactivity = illness, pain, and early death

I think I need to take my manager up on the suggestion that we get sit-stand desk for me. Even with trying to be as active as possible - including deliberate inefficiency like walking the long way around to get to the copier - I spend way too much time sitting down at work.

clipped from munews.missouri.edu MU Study Finds That Sitting May Increase Risk of Disease MU Professor Offers Solution: Just Stand Up! New research shows that what people do in the other 15 and a half hours of their waking day is just as important, or more so, than the time they spend actively exercising.   “Many activities like talking on the phone or watching a child’s ballgame can be done just as enjoyably upright, and you burn double the number of calories while you’re doing it,” They found evidence that sitting had negative effects on fat and cholesterol metabolism. The researchers also found that physical inactivity throughout the day stimulated disease-promoting processes  “The enzymes in blood vessels of muscles responsible for ‘fat burning’ are shut off within hours of not standing,” Hamilton said. Only 28 percent of Americans are getting the minimal amount of recommended exercise. Hamilton predicts that eventually there will be health campaigns with doctors advocating limiting sitting time