Three Doctors have been quoted in the media this week. Here’s why. Do you own a standing desk ? Do you run? if you answered yes to both of these questions then using time at your desk practising balancing on one leg is just what the doctor ordered. Dr Mark Cucuzzella is a running expert […]
As we welcome the New Year, many of us are looking to our diets and lifestyle to make improvements to our health and fitness. Making small almost unnoticeable changes that let us meet our goals sounds almost too good to be true. Susie Burell a leading Australian dietitian with 2 Honours degrees in Nutrition & Dietetics […]
With 2019 barrelling down upon us and those post-Christmas dinner waistlines stretching it’s that time of year when many of us start to think about how we might tackle our healthy habits for the upcoming year. Now as research illustrates Gyms aren’t cutting it, as 9 out of 10 people who buy into a yearly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock who tomorrow will announce a new health initiative urging employers to push movement in the workplace, says he believes it’s the duty of schools, GPs, teachers and employers to promote daily activity as he describes standing desks and movement as a “miracle cure” that cuts the risk of many illnesses. […]
