The average office worker sits down more than an Old Age Pensioner. White collar workers are on their bottoms for an average of 9 hours a day healthcare studies show. That’s 540 minutes a day…a staggering 16425 minutes a month. Nearly 200,000 Minutes a year. 29% of us sit for up to half an hour daily on […]
The Guardian have published a lengthy first person account of one writer’s lifetime struggle with back pain. The editorial in their ongoing “the long read” blog details writer Maggie O’Farrell’s reflections on living with chronic pain from spinal injury for many years. An excerpt on Maggie’s life changing back pain; “Don’t get me wrong: I […]
Do standing desks actually make us healthier? Abraham the Pharmacist tested out the Eiger Pro and brought some science to the table to try and answer the question. Watch the video within and see Abraham shed some light on an 800,000 participant study by the NHS which found that increased sitting time equated to some […]
Sport England has called for a focus on children’s health after they conducted a world leading 130,000 participant survey into the activity levels of children and young people. The survey is the largest ever of its kind and contains results that detail how 2.3 million children do less than 30 minutes of activity each day. […]
A significant study of 400,000 people has showed that an Apple Watch nudging you to stand up or exercise could increase your lifespan by two years. Participants for whom the watch was paired with a reward scheme were measured against those on a reward scheme with no watch and results showed the volunteers who wore […]
Many children spend at least nine hours a day sitting down and with anti-sitting research on the rise and a daily target of 30 mins in exercise, teachers are beginning to integrate active learning into their classrooms to combat childhood obesity and improve their academic results. The BBC has published an article detailing new research […]
Brace yourselves. Standing Desks are not a miracle elixir with magical cure-all benefits. The New York Times Aaron Carroll has published an article slating the growing culture of standing desks. Carroll writes that “standing desks have become trendy…research suggests that warnings about sitting at work are overblown, and that standing desks are overrated” This has […]
After a one year trial following persuasion from parents, one California School has made a dramatic change to their classrooms by removing all traditional desks and replacing them with standing desks and resting stools. The teachers at Vallecito Elementary in the San Francisco Bay area have reported that standing students demonstrate “increased concentration, less fidgeting, […]
In the face of increasing evidence that sitting too much is leading to serious illness and obesity, the NHS website has published a set of guidelines on how (and why we should) sit down less. The piece explains how some people are sitting for over 7 hours a day and 10 hours for the older […]
In light of the shocking revelation that for the first time in history children’s life expectancy is 5 years shorter than their parents designedtomove.org has published a powerful video showing us what children would choose to do with 5 years extra to live. In 2010 Nike formed a group of 70+ organisations whose mission it was […]
