Today we went to meet with Ian Holmes, the head teacher of Thorner Primary School in Leeds (UK) after a one month trial of our EIGER Junior classroom standing desks. Ian is one of the leading supporters of active learning in educational environments – both inside and outside the classroom. So much so that he […]
DIGITAL marketing worker Craig Freeman, 31, is from Reigate in the UK. Craig trialled a standing desk for just one week for an article in a national newspaper. In just one week he saw benefits. His blood pressure was above normal before the test and within normal limits after. This is what he said…“Having spent […]
The UK is facing an “shocking” stroke epidemic as bulging waistlines take their toll, a major report by Kings College London has found. The study of 35 countries warns that within two decades, the number of strokes is set to rise by 44 per cent – far above the average across Europe. The UK already […]
Children are entering a “tragic decline” from the age of just seven, with activity levels dropping long before they leave primary school, new research suggests. Fitness experts said British pupils were entering a state of digital dependence which would shorten lives, with sedentary lifestyles becoming the norm long before children reached adolescence. The Gateshead Millenium Cohort study tracked […]
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and examined the prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary time, and bone strength during adolescence. High resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography was used at distal tibia and radius in 173 girls and 136 boys. Four annual measurements were conducted at the tibia and radius (785 and 582 […]
Even a single workout could be good for the heart. That’s the conclusion of a fascinating new study in mice that found that 30 minutes on a treadmill affects gene activity within cardiac cells in ways that, over the long haul, could slow the aging of the animals’ hearts. Although the study involved mice, the […]
More than 20 million people in the UK are physically inactive, according to a report by the British Heart Foundation. The charity warns that inactivity increases the risk of heart disease and costs the NHS around £1.2bn each year. Harriet Mulvaney experienced a heart attack at 44 and decided to make changes to her lifestyle. […]
In the summer of 2015 a researcher from Oxford University worked with pupils from Year 5 at Christ the King Primary School in Reading (UK) to investigate the effect of PE and activity on concentration levels in the classroom. There is a well known and established link between playtime and subsequent levels of concentration. Briefly, […]
Physical activity has long been known to reduce the risk of a number of diseases, including type-2 diabetes and some cancers, and it is thought to play a role in warding off the brain’s natural decline as we enter middle age. Dr Justin Varney, lead for adult health and wellbeing at Public Health England, […]
A third of Britons are putting themselves at risk of an early grave because they do hardly any exercise, a new report reveals. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) today warns that swathes of the population are needlessly heightening their chances of developing potentially fatal cardiovascular diseases by as much as 35 per cent. The research also […]
